you can get a reference to the outputstream from the request and write to it, and then return null, or Action.NONE from your method.
musachy On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Bhaarat Sharma<bhaara...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks for your been there done that insight. > > Struts 2 definitely is much more sane and enterprise level compared to > grails. However, sometimes it is disappointing to know that in struts > out-of-the-box we cant even return a result type of a simple string that > does not go to a different page. Say, I just want to stream out a string > and not go to a completly different page (this is helpfull for Ajax). So I > end up making a whole new .jsp page that just has <s:property > value="something"/> in it ... > > I will give grails a fair try. > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:10 AM, David C. Hicks <dhi...@i-hicks.org> wrote: > >> I think Grails is a nice tool, as long as what you want to do is within the >> confines of what it is designed to give you for free. After that, you'll be >> writing mounds of code. The project I'm working on now was originally >> started on the Grails platform. It was maybe 5 to 6 months down the road >> when we finally could not push Grails any further without essentially >> writing our own framework. So, we re-wrote the entire thing using >> Struts/Hibernate/Spring. We are all *MUCH* happier, now. >> >> Other frameworks of a similar nature: Spring-MVC. Very well done. >> Other languages? too many to go into >> >> If you just want to be able to quickly throw together a very basic >> web-based application that does a very specific kind of data >> entry/edit/view, then Grails/Rails are great tools. (I prefer Grails, >> personally.) Anything more? Struts or Spring-MVC would be my choices. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> Bhaarat Sharma wrote: >> >>> Guys, >>> >>> I've been doing struts2 for about 2 years, although I dont know everything >>> about it but I have been able to get the stuff done. Most of the stuff I >>> learned was from Struts2 in action book and this mailing list! >>> >>> Lately I've been intrigued by the XXX on Rails framework, be it Ruby or >>> Groovy. So I am planning to sit down and teach myself Grails. >>> >>> I wanted some of your thoughts: >>> >>> What other Frameworks have you learned before/after Struts2? >>> >>> Apart from Java, What other languages have you been involved in? >>> >>> Hopefully, this isnt too Off topic :) >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> > -- "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
