> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:22 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Dynamic extension of web apps > > > > HI Jim, > > Yep, that's what I'm thinking - can you expand on what your > indexing app > does?
I don't have one... but if I did it would provide links to the war contexts, and probably be the point at which I added new ones. I'd probably add some sort of queue so that when new ones were added a human could verify they were okay before making them live. Any more and I'll start charging :) > > Also, do you know any way to drop in a sub-application and > have Struts pick > it up dynamically? Ummmmm.. no... I don't.... there might be one, I don't really know. > > cheers, > > David > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | "Jim Barrows" | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | m> | > | | | > | | 07/08/2004 06:11 | > | | PM | > | | Please respond to| > | | "Struts Users | > | | Mailing List" | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------| > | > | > | To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | cc: > | > | Subject: RE: Dynamic extension of web apps > | > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------| > > > > > So, basically, you're thinking of letting them drop in a > whole new webapp > that will > walk them through the configuration of their device? > If so.. then that's what I'd do... bundle a war up and drop > it in. Then > have an indexing > application provide access to that war. Maybe even load the > war through > the index. There are > security risks of course, and rather severe ones with > allowing anyone to > drop a war file and > have it activated. > Other then that.. I don't know of any easy solution. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:00 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: RE: Dynamic extension of web apps > > > > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > Sorry - don't think I was clear...it's not the client that > > will change - > > in fact that will all be HTML - but the inner works of the > app itself. > > > > Say, for example, we allow users to configure devices through > > our web app, > > and we want to now allow them to configure a new device. We > > want them to > > be able to drop into the webserver the files for the new > device - jsp, > > html, XML, .class files - and for it to automatically pick > > them up without > > restarting the webserver. Another way to look at it is that > > the web app > > doesn't know anything about the devices, but just picks up > > what it finds > > and displays that. > > > > I guess it links with automatically reloading the > > struts-config and jar > > files if we add new actions or class files, but may well not > > be limited to > > this. > > > > Does that make any more sense? > > > > cheers, > > > > David > > > > > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > > | | "Jim Barrows" | > > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > > | | m> | > > | | | > > | | 07/08/2004 05:03 | > > | | PM | > > | | Please respond to| > > | | "Struts Users | > > | | Mailing List" | > > | | | > > |---------+----------------------------> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------| > > | > > | > > | To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > > | cc: > > | > > | Subject: RE: Dynamic extension of web apps > > | > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 2:00 PM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Dynamic extension of web apps > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I need to design a web app that is extensible dynamically. > > > > > > For example, if we decide to support a different device type, > > > we need to be > > > able to drop in info for that device type and have the web > > > app pick it up - > > > these could be files of all different types e.g. jsp's, > > html, XML, class > > > files etc.. > > > > > > Has anyone done this before, or can you point me in the right > > > direction? > > > > > > > If I understand you correctly (You're looking for a write > > once, generate > > HTML, WAP or Voice XML files from that) , I believe JSF will > > help you in > > your problem. 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