I have used it on a project and didn't have any problems with it. I didn't use all the features but the backing bean support and the lifecycle methods worked fine.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bj�rn T Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:17 PM > To: MyFaces Discussion > Subject: Re: Best practice? > > I have looked at the website before, but I haven't tried it yet... But > isn't Shale still > at it's early development state? > > Matthias Wessendorf wrote: > > Bj�rn, > > > > it is now worth to look at Shale. > > > > Shale provides an interface that each backing bean *could* implement > > it provides a init() method for initializing stuff like you want. > > (see: > > http://people.apache.org/~craigmcc/shale-core- > javadocs/org/apache/shale/ViewController.html) > > > > There is use case app, that shows how to use Shale. In that you see, > > that there is an abstract BaseBackingBean that implements the interface. > > all your backing beans extend that base backing bean. Since JSF uses > > POJO you are free to integrate each framework you like. > > > > The sample (use case sample) also provides DAO access for backing beans. > > > > Look at: > > http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsShale > > <http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsShale> > > > > Shale is a framework by Craig McClanahan (ex JSF EG lead) under the > > umbrella of Apache Struts. It relies only on JSF and not on *legacy* > > Struts API > > > > HTH, > > Matthias > > > > On 5/23/05, Bj�rn T Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > >> I was wondering what's the best way of handling the following: > >> > >> - A managed bean need to be "filled" with data from a database using > > DAO methods; is > >> it best just to pass the managed bean as parameter og should one use > > another VO bean > >> and populate the managed bean from the VO bean? > >> > >> - when moving to a page, some fields need to be filled with existing > > values, is this > >> best done in the action method that "calls" the new page and value > > binding against a > >> managed bean for that page or is there another better way of doing > this? > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> BTJ > >> > >> -- > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------- > >> Bj�rn T Johansen > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------- > >> Someone wrote: > >> "I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange > > Satanic messages" > >> To which someone replied: > >> "It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows" > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------- > > > >> > > > > > > -- > > Matthias Wessendorf
