On 2/13/02 6:45 AM, "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm just giving the gang a heads-up on what I will be doing, Geir. Thanks, Ted. I consider myself one of the gang. > > There is now and will be a request-scope API object in Struts Nightly > Build and Struts 1.1. I will be building on that to provide the > functionality first outlined in the ContextHelper, and demonstrated > here: > > http://husted.com/struts/resources/velservlet.zip > > Like the ContextHelper, the Struts 1.1 API object will provide methods > that presentation layer devices, like Velocity and the JSTL can call > directly. I may also provide a helper servlet or Action that will make > this same functionality available to Struts 1.0.x. > > I just want to give Gabriel and Nathan the opportunity to leverage what > Struts will be providing. If they want to contribute to the development > of this object, even better. If they want to roll their own ... well > it's their time to volunteer, and I will happily promote anything they > release, as I have always done with any Struts-related component. > > http://husted.com/struts/resources.htm > > I'm getting ready to make some changes to the Struts Web site to > highlight the changes for the upcoming Struts 1.1 release, and will be > able to include more on the web site about using Velocity with Struts. I > think Velocity will be very useful to a great number of Struts > developers, and want do what I can to ensure that the development is > forward-looking and remains compatible with future releases. > I guess I have two questions : 1) Why isn't this stuff on the jakarta struts site, in a sandbox or contrib area? 2) It sounds to me like you are declaring what you are going to do - your mind is made up. Gabriel was pretty successful, and I assume Nathan as well, in beginning from their own starting point and achieving a solution. I am interested in looking at Nathans as he wasn't a struts or JSP guy - he was a Velocity user coming at it from the viewpoint of just needing the functionality of the controller and the resources it exposed. I assume neither depended upon the One True Tool presented by the controller to do it since there is none. The fact that they could do it that way is a pretty strong endorsement of what Struts does now, and maybe something could be taken from that as you change it. I am also worried that you are going to close the door to unconventional view layers if you nail down the resource contract in a tool provided by yourself... geir -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
