To anyone willing to at least point me in the right direction, I'm currently working on a web application, one which has to be quite flexible and all. One part of it is to present the user with information from a certain source of data. This source can be anything - an XML file, database data, etcetera. It has to be modular as well, so that in the future, stuff can be added easily, prefferably without having to dive into code and such.
So, I'm thinking about a plugin system of sorts. Problem is, I have no clue how to implement those, let alone am I able to find a tutorial (a clear one) on Google or whatnot. What I'm aiming at is a controller (lets call it ProjectController), which gets a request parameter indicating the data source and an ID. Now, I want the program to find a plugin that says it handles the specific data source from, for example, the lib directory. But once again, I have no clue. The plugin will need to contain everything - a controller, model(s), and .jsp views. I found this article http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/31835/0/page/1 but it doesn't say where those XML files go, nor do I see those anywhere in the example. It may be the solution, but it's not idiot-proof enough for me, nor is it aimed at web applications. For detail, I'm using the default AppFuse package with two controllers (so far), Spring MVC, the works. If anyone could at least point me in the right direction, or figure out what search terms to use, I'd be much obliged. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Creating-a-plugin-based-web-application-tf4513923s2369.html#a12874672 Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
