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?
Not really. JSF supports value binding expressions so that you can "connect" a component with some model data in your M tier, but JSF doesn't really care what technology you're using there. There is just enough C to support letting an action event navigate from one page to another, but nothing like what Struts does of passing all such navigation requests through a common lifecycle. > > 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? If you want to use Struts features like Tiles and the Validator framework, you'd use them together. > > 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? If client side Javascript validators are important to you, that is likely to be a tipping point. > > 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. > You'll get the longer version of my answer to these types of questions on my blog: http://blogs.sun.com/craigmcc > Finally, is the ComposableRequestProcessor in struts-chain going to deal with JSF > eventually? Will this make it even easier to combine the two? That's sort of an orthogonal question, because the struts-chain code only deals with what happens *after* a form submit event is processed. It's just a replacement for the 1.1/1.2 RequestProcessor class, which means you could even use them together today. > > TIA for you comments and suggestions, > > sean > Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
