From dev-return-44926-apmail-struts-dev-archive=struts.apache.org@struts.apache.org Mon Mar 20 17:49:13 2006 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-struts-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 90958 invoked from network); 20 Mar 2006 17:49:12 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 20 Mar 2006 17:49:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 40314 invoked by uid 500); 20 Mar 2006 17:49:08 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-struts-dev-archive@struts.apache.org Received: (qmail 40279 invoked by uid 500); 20 Mar 2006 17:49:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@struts.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Struts Developers List" Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@struts.apache.org Received: (qmail 40262 invoked by uid 99); 20 Mar 2006 17:49:08 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:49:08 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of craigmcc@gmail.com designates 64.233.184.199 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.184.199] (HELO wproxy.gmail.com) (64.233.184.199) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:49:07 -0800 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so1110443wra for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:48:46 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=FU5Gf0wxK2bN76f8aLEdvZq85YdYdu21qfZb44t28x90LeYP6KgGCjS/timDpluLcM75hRhVKqd44tEs9RYj3SkzufLmsz4ro32OYhqyxHnLQSMorzPyRcynh6e0VXG5Mbevwrhsl02oGK/0AcqEGFMYKwMSY1XX2nhuuiOwRZM= Received: by 10.65.153.9 with SMTP id f9mr142621qbo; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:48:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.11.5 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:48:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:48:31 -0800 From: "Craig McClanahan" Sender: craigmcc@gmail.com To: "Struts Developers List" Subject: Re: [OT] What can I do? In-Reply-To: <441EE57A.1030108@twdata.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_5867_16803580.1142876911299" References: <8b3ce3790603200411x37ffe92cvd80586dc70806e69@mail.gmail.com> <441EE092.7010607@realsolve.co.uk> <441EE57A.1030108@twdata.org> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N ------=_Part_5867_16803580.1142876911299 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 3/20/06, Don Brown wrote: > > Don't know if this has been mentioned, but the WebWork guys have been > doing something similar: > http://www.opensymphony.com/webwork/wikidocs/J2SE%205%20Support.html > > It'd be nice if we could come up with a common set of annotations shared > by both Action 1 and 2 (possibly Shale) along > the lines of Stripes to help transitions. Good idea! The annotations that Shale supports today (in the Tiger Extensions library) are all JSF-specific things ... something along these lines would be a positive addition. Don Craig Craig McClanahan wrote: > > On 3/20/06, Phil Zoio wrote: > >> Ted, > >> > >> In response to your comment: > >> > >> "The original Struts Action codebase suffers from design deficiencies > >> that would take some effort to remedy." > >> > >> This may be true, but I don't believe that it is a completely lost > cause. > >> The work that I have been doing with Struts Java 5 extensions proves > (to me > >> at least) that it is possible to move from the existing 1.2 code base > to > >> something with compelling features and free from the issues often > associated > >> with the Struts Action 1. > >> > >> See: > >> http://www.realsolve.co.uk/site/strecks/index.php > >> > >> Phil > > > > > > I happened to see Phil's presentation to the JAVAWUG group in London > last > > Friday. There are some interesting ideas here (and they would seem > > applicable in either a 1.x or 2.x Struts Action Framework context). I > would > > suggest thinking about an optional layer (requires JDK 1.5) on top of > the > > base framework that made available features like this ... similar in > spirit > > to what the Tiger Extensions do in Shale. > > > > Craig > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@struts.apache.org > > ------=_Part_5867_16803580.1142876911299--