Brian, But you don't HAVE to define a COMPLETE form in the configuration. At least if you want to give up DynaActionForm you don't. You can define your own form in a class that extends ActionForm. Granted you have to add this to the config but with Xdoclet, or even just a gui editor (James Holme's has one on his site) it is pretty easy. Personally I like DynaActionForm since it means not touching code when a parameter is added to the form, but there are those who maintain that they should not be used in production.
As far as using Session objects... I'll stay out of that one because its just an endless debate. Every architect/lead/developer has their own opinion, and you aren't going to change those opinions regardless of any argument for or against Session objects :) Al -----Original Message----- From: Brian McGovern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:02 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Multi Step Forms I think i have a fundemental misunderstanding of ActionForms not having used them that much. So forget everything i said about ActionForms, i was wrong. I still dont like em partially cause im stubborn, but also because i dont like that you have to define you whole form in your struts config. Im gonna have alot of forms in my app but none of them are used in more than 1 screen. Seems like an implementation detail and not a configuration issue. Whatever. The crux of this thread really can be summed up in "At what point does using session cease being a good practice and become a lazy man's shortcut." And i think woodchuck is 100% right, there is no correct answer. Small apps or lightly used apps can use the session for just about anything whereas larger apps or heavy hit apps really should not use it much at all. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
