On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:59:25 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: JavaServer Faces > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mitchell Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: JavaServer Faces > > > > 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 > > So, JSF ActionListeners are not Struts Actions? > Well, they *can* be :-). That's basically what I did in the Struts+Faces integration library -- created a JSF ApplicationHandler that then links you to traditional Struts actions. http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/nightly/struts-faces/ > Thanks, > Michael > Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
