> any current framework can easily handle such a request I agree. Maybe it would be helpful for the OP to let us in on what other framework is being considered by way of comparison so the OP can tap into the wealth of knowledge on this forum for real arguments to take back to the opposition. Also, is this 1000 objects a real use case or a red-herring that someone in a meeting threw out because they had some kind of bend away from Struts (OP's statement: "assume the above is a requirement for now")? I'd suggest focusing on real use cases if this 1000 example isn't one.
Like Eric points out, depending on the size of the objects, 1000 isn't really that much anyway. How are records being read from the DB? For example, using Hibernate? If so, you may want to check on your PersistenceContext and see how many objects are being stored there (and GC'd and possibly dirty checked when the session closes).
