Lots of people more qualified than me to respond to your questions, but I know a little bit about the theory and can give you a preview of what they'll likely say.
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:29:56 -0400, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been doing some reading recently on JSF and I have a few comments and > questions. > > At first I thought JSF would focus mostly on the "V" in MVC. But after doing some > reading on this, it seems like JSF really provides the "M" and "C" as well. Is this > accurate? Yes. Some even believe the navigation rules of JSF is easier to understand than those of Struts. > > It seems possible to combine the view of JSF with the Struts controller (and > apparently this is what the integration package is about.) Most of the discussion > about combining the two revolves around migration from existing Struts projects to > JSF. Other than migration purposes, what is the point in using both? > You could use both if you had no plans of switching fully but would like to take advantage of the UI widgets of JSF. > I like Tiles and plan to continue to use it, but I consider Tiles to be only a small > part of Struts. Most of the familiar Struts entities seem to be covered by JSF and > I am not sure why it would make sense to keep using Struts if there are features in > JSF that are appealing to you. Of course you could use Struts for validation but is > it really worth dealing with two frameworks just because you like Struts validation > better than JSF validation? > > My point in asking these questions is that I am trying decide the direction our > current Struts applications should take. I am very happy with Struts but worry that > over the long run, the focus will be on JSF and our applications will miss out on > some of the developments there. > Whose focus? Struts users miss out on lots of developments outside Struts, but they miss out on Struts progress as well. There are still some active Struts committers, and I suspect a lot of lurkers trying to contribute. There are also lots of Struts 1.3/2.x discussions currently going on, and even Craig himself is still an active participant in those discussions. If you have a Struts-only app, then you're sure to miss out on JSF developments. If you want to use JSF UI components, Craig's struts-faces integration library would help. > Finally, is the ComposableRequestProcessor in struts-chain going to deal with JSF > eventually? Will this make it even easier to combine the two? > > TIA for you comments and suggestions, > > sean > I don't have anything against JSF as a whole, but a lot of times I feel like most switchers are switching just because they feel that other people are switching, too. Hubert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
