Thanks David, that's clearer now. Steve
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: July 2, 2003 1:45 PM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: Struts repackaging (was RE: [PROPOSAL] Modular Struts > Examples) > > > --- Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What problems would be solved by repackaging into seperate jars? > > There is a perception among some people that Struts only supports JSP in > the view layer because it provides JSP tags. While this is not true, it > would be clearer if there was a separate taglib jar. Velocity users > wouldn't have to lug around the JSP tags but, more importantly, the tags > could have their own release cycle. A *large* percentage of bugs are > reported against the tags so it makes sense to decouple them from the > "core". > > Also, as JSF becomes the standard view technology, there won't be a need > for the Struts specific html taglibs (JSTL has already largely replaced > the bean and logic taglibs). So, it makes sense to separate the Struts > "core" from the view layer technology because there are many choices out > there besides the Struts JSP custom tags. > > I don't see any benefit to separating out other parts of Struts besides > the custom tags. > > David > > > > > Steve > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
