Calling it "RequestParameterBean" causes a disconnect too. Call it what it is - we are OO folks after-all - a FormBean. It *is* intended to be used with <html:form> - though you may find it handy for other things.
Sorry :-) Let's not start a religious debate over expected convention. I name things deliberately by their expected context. Following this convention "FormBean" is not only an acceptable name, but a very descriptive one. It states that it is a bean which models a form. Is this not why we have them? Good OO tells us to name things after their real-world counterparts to avoid a disconnect - thus Form is a good name. Java convention for naming beans is to append Bean to the name (so the name is indicative of it's attributes). Putting the two together ... well, I'm beating a dead horse ... :-) I thought your complaint was that there were too many Action* classes ... I really think the conventions I state are sound. You can't expect to be able to determine a classes full function just by looking at it's name -- that is why we have javadocs, etc ... I know people gripe about the quality of documentation, but I seriously wonder how many of the have truly taken the time to actually *look* at the javadocs. I'll agree to disagree if you will ;-) Bartley, Chris P [PCS] wrote: >No, my point is that any use of the word "form" in the name of the class is >potentially confusing because apparently sometimes people mistakenly think >"Oh, i have to use a <form>...</form> in the page that calls this action". > >>Then, the name of the class goes well with what people call it. You >>don't have a disconnect. >> > >Well, i think that people casually refer to it as a "form bean" because it's >currently named "ActionForm". If the class had been named >"RequestParametersBean" from the start, i doubt very much that today people >would be calling it a "form bean". I think it's the word "form" in there >that's causing so much confusion for newbies (and at least part of the >reason why there are so many questions that read something like "how can i >call my action from a link and still have my form bean populated?"). > >chris > -- Eddie Bush -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
