you should also look in the fulcrum services framework on jakarta.apache.org
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 03/13/2003 at 10:08 PM Vic Cekvenich wrote: >A good practice is .... your DAO should or already does caching. > >- Caching JDBC (ex: phWorks >- Caching Connection pool, ex: poolman >- DAO, ex: Ibatis.com, Hibrenate > >Lots of things could be cached, not just drop downs, and you should not >need to code any caching for it. It's automatic! > >"my" DAO caches everything as default, and refreshes on update. > >.V > >White, Joshua A (CASD, IT) wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I thought I would be slick an attempt to cache the Collections used to >> populate my forms drop down list boxes instead of hitting the database every >> time (The values may change daily). >> >> The problem is that the inherited "servlet" variable and the "getServlet" >> method only return a reference to the ActionServlet when calling the "reset" >> and "validate" methods. (The same holds true for the action classes. A >> valid ActionServlet instance is only returned when performing the action). >> All other times, these references are null. Is there another way of getting >> a ServletContext reference in the ActionForm class? >> >> Could anyone suggest some strategies for caching the collections used for >> generating drop down list boxes? >> >> Regards, >> >> Joshua >> >> >> >> This is what I found... >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Creating TestForm..... >> servlet member variable is NULL >> getServlet() is NULL >> >>>>>CALLING RESET!! >> >> servlet member variable is OK >> getServlet() is OK >> >>>>>CALLING VALIDATE!! >> >> servlet member variable is OK >> getServlet() is OK >> Creating TestAction >> servlet member variable is NULL >> getServlet() is NULL >> Performing TestAction... >> servlet member variable is OK >> getServlet() is OK >> >> >> This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of >> addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged >> information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, >> disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If >> you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender >> immediately by return email and delete this communication and destroy all copies. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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]
