You'll probably hear this from a lot of people ... Java Server Faces isn't in the same solution space as Struts. JSF is a UI toolkit, while Struts is a web application framework, which includes a tag library implementing basic UI elements. This tag library can easily be replaced to use a different UI toolkit, such as WML (which I've posted to Bugzilla) or JSF, which Craig posted on this very mailing list within the past few days.
In fact, Craig has stated his belief that eventually the Struts UI tag library will vanish completely in favor of JSF in pretty much the same way that the "bean" and "logic" tag libraries seem to be vanishing in favor of JSTL. (Tangent #1: what happens when Craig's contrib/workflow project turns into something real?) So your second guess was more nearly correct in that they're not really related. The product that is more directly substituable for Struts and carries Sun's name on it is (I believe) "Sun ONE Application Framework". +Mitchell > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: JavaServer Faces > > > Um... I haven't started with Struts yet, but this sounds > pretty familiar... > Can someone give me the low-down on why I would choose Struts over > JavaServer Faces? > > Or, am I missing something and they're not really related... > > Thanks, > Michael > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
