MG>(hopefully) quick replies > I wouldn't have a problem with using the GSON project, it's another > community maintained, battle tested project. From your examples it should > probably have a Struts Result object wrapped around it to make it easier to > use, but that's beside the point. > > <horse level="high" status="on"> > > My problem is companies that are short sighted enough to think that spending > developers time to produce libraries of code that are not directly related > to their core business (like a medical or insurance company building a JSON > library) is going to be a good thing for their bottom line. It's not! It's > going to add development and maintenance tasks to their projects that take > away from developing new and better features that would enhance their core > business proposition.
MG>as an example: MG>if client <--> Action class need to communicate using a JSON format MG>and some money person sends a directive such as "we dont support JSON" so what alternatives should be considered? MG>JSON->ConvertToXML-> ~Cloud~ -> ConvertFromXML->JSON MG>how much (wasted) time would it take to write the converters? ...2 weeks ..or 3..or more? MG>ok maybe 1 week but then I'll throw in a new XSD..taking the supposed shortcut is oftentimes *longer* than the right solution MG>then again a true software engineer would research and champion the best long-term solution (over political expediency) MG>and implement the best solution on his time with his own equipment (aka eating your own dogfood) > > As developers, when we are presented with a new projects we need to separate > the core business aspects of the project from the purely technological > aspects. We then need to do a little research to find the best fitting, > most mature tool to accomplish the technical goals and champion that as the > way to spend more time on the business differentiating goals of the project. > Once they see they can get more features in less time for less money, > they'll come around. > > </horse type="dead" reason="kicked"> MG>allow the powers that be to prioritise tasks but when political roadblocks are tossed in the way..explain the (technical) consequences MG>opinions from others? > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Paul Zepernick < > pzepern...@commercebenefitsgroup.com> wrote: > > > We are using the Google Gson project to handle converting our objects / > > maps to json. I will have to take a look at the plugin, I was not even > > aware of its existence. > > > > http://code.google.com/p/google-gson/ > > > > We put the result from Gson into an InputStream and send it back out using > > the stream result > > > > <result name="success" type="stream"> > > <param name="contentType">application/json</param> > > <param name="inputName">jsonStream</param> > > <param name="bufferSize">1024</param> > > </result> > > > > Here is the line from our action that is setting up the InputStream from > > Gson. > > > > setJsonStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(new > > Gson().toJson(jsonResult).getBytes())); > > > > > > jsonResult is a Map, but could be any object or list of Objects. > > > > Paul > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Harsh C [mailto:hchau...@gmail.com <hchau...@gmail.com>] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:24 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Struts 2.0.11.1 question > > > > Thanks for the responses all. "Not blessed" just means that it is not in > > the > > list of s/w that we are allowed to work with. > > > > I ended up writing just a plain servlet for now to serve the JSON string > > which works well enough, except the JSON parsing part of course. > > > > HC > > > > > > On Mar 9, 2011 1:19 AM, "Maurizio Cucchiara" <maurizio.cucchi...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > What do you mean by "not blessed"? > > > > > > Maurizio Cucchiara > > > > > > Il giorno 09/mar/2011 00.24, "Harsh C" <hchau...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I don't know if this is the right list for a question regarding 2.0.11.1, > > if > > > not please let me know the right forum. > > > > > > I am trying to use Struts 2.0.11.1 to work on an AJAX-ified app using > > Dojo. > > > Problem is, struts-json plugin is not blessed. > > > > > > Is there a way in which I can code an Action which returns a JSON string > > > without using the JSON plugin? > > > > > > -- > > > *Thanks, > > > Harsh* > > > > *The information contained in this transmission contains > > confidential information that is legally privileged. This information is > > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. The > > authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this > > information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation > > and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been > > fulfilled.* > > > > *If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > > disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the > > contents of these documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received > > this information in error, please notify the sender immediately by return > > email and arrange for the return or destruction of these documents.* > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > >
