A question along the same lines ... please see intermixed ... On 03/24/2003 04:40:09 AM "Andrew Hill" wrote:
> IMHO you would probably want to create bean(s) that contain the relevant > preferences. Ie: > > getFavouriteMouseOverColour() > getPreferredAlignment() > isShowColumnX() > > In your business tier of course these get persisted to / retrieved from the > database (a few hundred rows isnt going to hurt much (I think)). > > If these prefs dont get changed on the fly by other users (ie: only that > user changes them usually) then the best place to retrieve is when the user > does a login and you can cache the bean(s) for that user in their session. > To "cashe the bean(s) for that user in their session" do you forward to another action (with a PreferencesForm bean defined in the mapping under a session scope), or do you somehow just handle this (bean instantiation/set properties/put in session scope) within the "after-login" action? > In your JSP (or velocity template or whatever you use for rendering) you can > access the getters to provide you the appropriate values you need, and of > course make use of such things as the equals / notEquals tags etc... (this > isnt 'logic' its just hiding/showing stuff depending on whats set in your > prefs...) > <snip> Susan Bradeen > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
