A useful first step might be to post a sample application that shows this extension plugin in action. There's a Struts Sourceforge project <http://sourceforge.netg/projects/struts> where such examples can be submitted and maintained by multiple contributors. Anyone interested can email your sourceforge id to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for developer access.
Though, personally, I believe it's best to get the appication off of the web tier as quickly as possible. The advantage of the commons workflow approach is that it is neither Struts or web-app specific. Most of the code is in straight business classes and not wrapped in some flavor of an Action. For myself, I tend to specify a "business bean" as the action-mapping parameter, and then use a well-engineered framework Action to pass the inputs up and the outputs back. The Artimus application <http://husted.com/builds> demonstrates this. The source for the framework actions and objects I use are available in the Scaffold packages. There is a core Scaffold package that was just posted to the Commons sandbox and a Struts-specific companion in the contrib folder. If anyone is interested, see <http://husted.com/struts> for the links. -Ted. Phase Web and Multimedia wrote: >Greetings, > >A while back I sparked a lengthy discussion on the topic of a "configurable" >preproccessor that can make calls on model components for common data >preparation (pre-action). Someone told me thet the Workflow extension >accomplished this. I didn't find that to be completely true (I think it was >a misunderstanding of my problem). > >As a result I am consdering using the "Struts Action Plugin Extension" >(http://www.asqdotcom.be/struts/) that is displayed on the Struts resource >page. I was curious what committers' thoughts were on this extension. Has >this extension been considered as becoming part of the Struts code base ? If >not, then is there something comparable in the works? > >There is a need for a configurable prepocessor or action chaining that >allows for "reusing" common contoller and data preparation code without >having to hard code it into your Action class. If this is a viable plug-in >(and it looks pretty darn slick to me) then I will commit to helping to >enhance it and provide patches for integrating it into the Struts code base. >Following is the link to this extension. Can some developers give me some >opinions as to the viability and longevity of this extension? > >I would like to avoid an Action/Servlet chaining debate. imho this extesion >avoids all those hairy issues and is quite different. It is integrated a lot >smoother. I am just interested in hearing about alternative solutions and/or >potential compatibility issues with other popular extensions. > >Brandon Goodin >Phase Web and Multimedia >P (406) 862-2245 >F (406) 862-0354 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.phase.ws > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
