--- Rick Hightower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Comments below... (**) > > David Graham: > requiredif was released with 1.1, validwhen will be released with 1.2, I > will -1 any other changes like this for 1.2 because we're too late in > the > cycle for something like this. > > ** Okay. No problem. I was merely stating that I give it a +1 (although > my > vote does not count as I am not a contributor or committer). I did not > know > how late in the cycle you all were. > > Ted is already working on cutting 1.2 and nobody wants another 1.1 > release > cycle situation. > > ** Excellent. I did not know that. Good to hear. I give Ted a big +1. (I > loved his book). > > David Graham: > That's not how Struts works. James spent the time to test and commit > validwhen and it will be released with 1.2. > > ** Understood. I was not negating the work James did. I was merely > expressing my opinion. I love the idea of validatewhen, just not the > implementation. I've read James' book on Struts and I respect his talent > and > ability. I think JSTL should have been selected instead. If I was voting > back then and my vote counted, I would have given it a -1. I give James > a +1 > for effort. > > > David Graham: > I agree that using the EL for validation makes sense for the reasons you > stated. > > ** Cool. Finally I feel some sunshine. I was beginning to think you did > not > like this idea. > > David Graham: > This would get Struts away from the restrictive requiredif rule > and the ANTLR generated validwhen rule. > > *** Yes. Yes. Yes. > > David Graham: > Using the standard EL would be a Good Thing. > > *** Yes. > > David Graham: > However, Struts 1.1 is based on Servlet 2.2 which prevents > the use of Servlet 2.3 features (the EL) in the standard distro. > > *** Bummer. I did not know this. What a drag! > *** Are you sure? I think you can use the validator rule with 2.2. Why > couldn't you? (excuse my ignorance) I believe you.
The EL is a Servlet 2.3 feature. We can't include those features in Struts 1.x because it would break backwards compatibility. > > > David Graham: > An EL based validation could live in the contrib directory along with > the > struts-el taglib. > > ** Excellent. At least it would have good company. > ** Okay. Is this where it lives until Struts is based on Servlet 2.3+ > not > Servlet 2.2? That's my current understanding. David > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
