Re: Meta Information in Action Form

[Joe Germuska]

Matt's general approach is the one we use also, except instead of 
ServletListeners and the database, we use the DigestingPlugIn, which 
produces objects based on XML and can put them in the application 
context.  There's an example in the mailreader app which you should 
be able to just about cut-and-paste, with the exception of changing 
the XML which represents your menu items.

Joe
At 12:12 PM -0600 4/8/05, Matt Raible wrote:
As far as drop-downs, I typically populate all (or most) of mine 
from a database at application startup using a ServletListener.  I 
stuff these into the application scope as Lists of LabelValue beans. 
Then I code up a ReloadAction that can call my Listener to reload 
them all.  I've found this useful so I don't have to restart the app 
if data changes.
If I have edit screens for the drop-downs, I'll replace the List in 
application scope after saving.

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