I have set up a mechanism similar to Tomcat's Realm at the app level. It is used to identify the database name(jndi),tables and columns that contain user and role information in the database. At the start of my app the database information is placed into an application scope bean using digester. Then whenever a secure url is requested I have a Filter class that routes to the security Action upon request of secure url then to a specified login form. When the login form is submitted a validation of the username and password needs to occur. This is the point at which I have a logic bean that validates against thte database. It does so by checking the specified database,tables and columns for user validation etc...(there is much more detail but I think this is sufficient to get the point). So, this explains why I have a config bean and a need to pass info to the logic bean. All I want to know is, is what I am doing proper form? Is it accepted practice to pass a bean to a bean?
Also, please don't turn this into a discussion of "Why not use container based security?" As a note, I already do in a round-about way. :-) Brandon Goodin Phase Web and Multimedia P (406) 862-2245 F (406) 862-0354 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phase.ws -----Original Message----- From: Galbreath, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:03 PM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: Best Practice Question. This is rather vague. Why does your logicBean need your configBean? Mark -----Original Message----- From: Phase Web and Multimedia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:51 PM I have a bean that is created when my app starts and it contains some database table conifguration info (I'll call it my config bean). Later on in an Action class another bean, that I'll call my logic bean, needs to access the values of the config bean. Would it be proper to use the Action class to pass the config bean to the logic bean and let the logic bean extract the values or should I extract all the values from the config bean within the Action class and pass the config info in a different manner. Thanks, Brandon Goodin -- 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]>
