An updated version of the Artimus example application is now available at:
http://www.husted.com/struts/resources/artimus.zip See the README.TXT to get started. This application demonstrates some of the design strategies discussed on the list recently * The business tier is represented by a set of "ProcessBeans", dispatched using the Command pattern. * A framework Action is used to dispatch the ProcessBeans. The bean type is specified using the parameter property. * The framework Action (ProcessAction) returns a data transfer object (ResultList), designed for use by the presentation layer. Other goodies include * SQL commands are stored in external properties files and can be changed without recompiling. * All SQL commands are processed through a pair of easy-to-use static methods. * ResultSets are automatically transferred to a collection of beans. * A connection pool adapter allows use of the Struts connection pool from the business tier (and I said it couldn't be done :o). Other pools (Poolman, Resin, et cetera) may be configured through the web.xml. * Lucene is used side-by-side with JDBC to provide better searching when appropriate. * A helper servlet is used to load custom resources so ActionServlet does not need to be subclassed. * Appication settings can be configured through the web.xml or a properties file. Most of these come out of the updated Scaffold package that is bundled in this distribution. The versions of Artimus and Scaffold in the Apache-Struts CVS will be updated shortly. There will be another posting soon that will feature Tiles and the Struts-Validator, among other things. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US -- Developing Java Web Applications with Struts -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463 -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
