Hi, I don't think building a real workflow would be that simple.I mean the workflow must be built in the framework, the actions being just configured to use it.
And why reinvent the wheel when there is already a solution :-)) Have a look at http://www.livinglogic.de/Struts/ We used it in our project and found that it satisfies most of the requirements. I am not sure what exactly is your requirement.But the above mentioned extension satisfies all workflow requirements.And I am in the process of refactoring it so that it provides more extension points for customization. 1.It provides workflow scope.So if you define a group of actions belonging to a workflow, they have their own workflow scope.The objects in this scope are available only for the duration of the workflow scope.If user jumps out of workflow,the workflow scope is cleared. 2.You can define modal dialogue box like screens, where user can be forced to complete a workflow/cancel it explicitly before he can jump workflow. And the best part is,you do not need any code change.All of this is taken care by the workflow extension.You only have to configure your action mappings to use workflow. Have a look at the demo application on the web site. Also the test application is another replace where you can see how the extension can be used in a real world application. I am in the process of transferring this application to sourceforge.Just transferred all source code to sourceforge cvs yesterday :-)). Have a look at the extension and let me know if you still have any questions. HTH. Regards, Shirish. -----Original Message----- From: Hookom, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 7:58 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Struts Workflow No matter what, I would recommend turning off caching on the struts controller, otherwise you will get anomalies with the back button and workflows. Do this early in your development and testing with QA. -----Original Message----- From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:42 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Struts Workflow My suggestion is to build your own. This is fairly simple stuff that must be wedded to your own way of coding your site or application that will fit your business requirements. Make it general for use in other places. Create, for example, you own do/undo/redo to work with but independent of the workflow. Also create some token application or use the one that comes with struts. At 10:08 AM 2/26/2004, you wrote: >Does anyone have any great ideas on creating customizable workflows in Struts? > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. >http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
