Have a look at this Struts MVC discussion to "clear your head".
http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/Struts/

Johannes Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,

> I think you are mixing paradigms
This is (probably) the case.

> Now in terms of "layers" or tiers you typically have: ...
This explanation was very, very helpful. Makes things a lot clearer to
me. (And I somehow can stick to my layer-architecture that I'm already
writing about in my work for university.)

Thanks
Jonny

Your

Ralph Goers wrote:

> I think you are mixing paradigms.
>
> In MVC terms (Model - View - Controller) you have:
> Model: Business logic which includes the domain model (the data layer
> is simply the persistent representation of your domain model)
> View: The pipelines defined in your sitemap that take whatever data is
> fed to it and converts the data into something an end user can view
> Controller: There are a couple of methods:
> a) Pi pelines which call actions and then invoke other pipelines to
> render the view based upon the results of the actions.
> b) Pipelines that call flow. The flow then calls the appropriate
> business logic methods and passes the data on to pipelines which
> generate the view.
>
> Now in terms of "layers" or tiers you typically have:
> 1. Presentation tier - consists of Controller and View. Calls are made
> to the business tier so whatever "client-side" business methods that
> are required must be available.
> 2. Business tier - contains the actual business methods and the domain
> objects. While, in my opinion, this should always be logically
> separate from the presentation tier it can be physically combined into
> the same container as the presentation tier if that is warranted.
> 3. Data tier - basically, your data management system.
>
> Note that "controller" is not a layer or a tier. Rather it is part of
> the MVC design pattern.
>
> Ralph
>
> Johannes Becker wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> this might not be the right list, but since it involves cocoon, maybe
>> someone could answer my question.
>>
>> My application is similar to the CHS (Cocoon Hibernate
>> Spring)-Petstore from Ugo.
>> In university we learned about the n-tier architecture. So now I'm
>> trying to assign the different technologies, etc. to the layers.
>>
>> Data layer: Hibernate for persistenzce, ..
>> Business Layer: domain model, ...
>> Control Layer: ?????
>> Presentation Layer: Views, Cocoon Flow (for navigating through the view)
>>
>> But which technology is responsible for the contol layeer? Is there
>> actually a control layer?
>>
>> Ugo wrote in his presentation at the ApacheCon about a service layer.
>> Which layer (from the ones above) does this match?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jonny
>>
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