Rock on my brother! And however did you guess that it might be a breadcrumb plugin? :) Karin has been patiently waiting to see code, so I finished it this morning at 3:00 AM around watering my lawn (with a flashlight) and making coffee! By noon today I was too tired to workout the stuts-plugin.xml details. So are you suggesting my defaultStack implementation *will* override the one in struts-core.xxx.jar? I saw the order they are applied but wondered if there was a qualifier <ns?> beyond the simple name. The implementation of this plugin does not require interfaces to use. It is parameter driven and easily configured at the interceptor declaration itself. I am really liking this framework.
Scott On 10/10/07, Wes Wannemacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott, > > I would say that you are okay overriding the defaultStack since it is > a plugin. For a user to actively install your plugin, then they are > seeking the functionality you are providing. I don't know much about > the plugin you are writing, but if it works similar to other > interceptors, meaning that the user has to implement an interface to > get the functionality (like, if you were building a breadcrumb plugin > and actions have to implement com.gmail.stanlick.Crumbable, or have to > annotated by @com.gmail.stanlick.Crumb), then it should have no > side-effects. The advantage of overriding the defaultStack is that > most users will have less steps to be up and running, but the caveat > is that users who don't use defaultStack will have to include your > interceptor manually. Of course, you'll have all of this documented > and users in the second scenario will most likely know where to look > to get your plugin up and running. > > -W > > On 10/10/07, stanlick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am writing a plugin that consists of a new interceptor. I would like > its > > struts-plugin.xml to append to the defaultStack so the interceptor works > out > > of the box for packages leveraging the default interceptor stack. What > is > > the ethical thing to do as it relates to a plugin modifying the default > > interceptor stack? Overriding the stack does not pass the tummy test, > but > > in the spirit of plugin drop-n-go, I also feel odd about including a > list of > > modifications you need to make to get the plugin to play! > > > > Scott > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Struts-2-Plugin-tf4603263.html#a13143714 > > Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Wesley Wannemacher > President, Head Engineer/Consultant > WanTii, Inc. > http://www.wantii.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
