I must confess to being a bit confused! What is the difference between your
approach and getting an instance of a Dyna, viz:
DynaActionFormClass dafc =
DynaActionFormClass.getDynaActionFormClass("Dyna-Definition-Name-In-Struts-C
onfig");
DynaActionForm myBean = (DynaActionForm) dafc.newInstance();
At least with the above approach the beans are stored in struts-config in
the usual struts syntax - it's just they're not used in the action "name"
parameter - but are created on-the-fly in an action (or wherever) with the
above code.
I'm concerned I may be missing some obvious advantage to your approach -
hence the reason for the question!
Hue.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pedro Emanuel de Castro Faria Salgado
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 21 August 2003 16:15
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Horizon: a view management plugin
>
>
>
> > Pedro Emanuel de Castro Faria Salgado wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >> I have built a plugin for Struts that creates view beans using
> >>dynabeans that are defined on a xml file and i was wondering if anyone
> >> in the Struts project/mailing list was interested on checking the use
> >> of it?
> >>
> > When I see dynabean are you saying BeanUtils.DynaBean and what is a
> > 'view bean',
> > do you mean a Action Form ?
>
> yes
>
> > If so what is the difference between your
> > plugin and a DynaActionForm ?
>
> i think, actually, there is none... the difference is for what i use
> the view beans for: transfering data from actions to
> build combobox on form and present data that isn't on a form.
>
> i know i can use the form itself to put a collection to
> build a combobox and use another form bean property
> to store the user input but it is less
> confusing if i define forms with only the properties the
> user can enter data and
> another bean for transmitting data (dto... in my case i call it
> view bean).
>
> before the plugin i had to define a new java class
> (attributes + getters/setters) for each
> new dto i wanted, now, i only need to add some lines
> to a xml file...
>
> >
> > Given that your plugin is generally useful then there are several
> > options :
> >
> > 1) Since web space can gotten for free now days you could always post it
> > on a site with
> > some documentation on how to use it.
>
> i will see what i can do...
>
> > 2) We are using the http://www.sf.net/projects/struts site as an
> > incubator for projects you can post there
> > to see if there is interest.
>
> thank you for the tip...
>
> > 3) Find someone else with a struts web site, that would host it.
> >
> > Most importantly having an example, that is documented is key.
> >
>
> I have already sent the source on another email so
> you can take a look (src + javadoc + ant file)
> and i am finishing a small web app.
>
>
> thanks for the tips...
>
> Pedro Salgado
> >
> >
> >
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