Subject: Re: Why separate form bean to collect form data? From: Vic C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> === Right on JM. MVC, Modular, light weight. That is Struts. Model should be separate and unit testable.
James Mitchell wrote: > Hi Norman, > Yes this is possible, but it defeats (in part) the goals of MVC. The > closest thing to what you want may be to use the DynaActionForm class. That > way you can just define the field(s) in the struts-config and use then as > you would any normal ActionForm in your jsp. > > James Mitchell > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ryan Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 8:01 PM >>To: Struts User Mailing List >>Subject: Why separate form bean to collect form data? >> >> >>Hi, >> >>I am Norman. >> >>Instead of creating a new form bean for each form, can we create a generic >>form class that can collect all the data in a form? Using methods in the >>request >>object through which we can find all the control names and their >>values or a >>definition that identifies form data to be copied to the generic >>form bean, >>we eliminate mechanical coding get and set properties for each new form. >>Other generic form processing can be added to this form as well. >>To further >>"validate" the form, we can extend generic form class for each specific >>form. >> >>The intent is to write minimal amount of new code for new application or >>function. >> >>Any comments, opinions, criticism? >> >>Thanks >> >>Ryan Norman >> >> >> >>-- >>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]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
