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Wizard with a Twist
All,
I have requirements do develop a wizard like application where you can
have multiple questions (up to 3) on a single page.
When there are multiple questions, the first appears, you select an
answer, and the next one appears. If you change the answer to a
previous question, all of the succeeding answers are reset and you have
re-answer the questions.
What the next question is bears on the answers to the previous
questions (or some other factors). I've deemed it okay to go back to
the server each time.
There's also a requirement to do a bread crumb trail, but it will need
to go back pages of questions (not one question at a time). Also, going
forward, if questions have been answered and you don't alter the
answers, you should be able to go forward page by page as well.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to break this down (i.e. how many
JSPs, actions, and forms to use, what scope to use for the forms,
etc.). Key factors for maintainability will be the naming schemes (so
you can easily follow and manipulate the flow) and the ability to move
questions around without impacting other questions too much or making
changes in too many places. Any tips or suggestions?
Note: I started down a more generic route where I was going to build a
tool to manage the flow, but there's so many weird requirements (things
specific to certain questions, etc.) that I decided it would be easier
to just start out simple for this iteration.
Thanks,
Bob
P.S. I also have an option to use Blue Martini. Anyone have experience
with this? Would it help me solve this problem more easily than just
coding it with Struts?
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Re: Using set-property attribute in action class
Posted by Kirk Wylie <kw...@m7.com>.
Oops, forgot to extend my first paragraph.
You have to write your own Configuration class which has a JavaBean
property matching the "property" set in your <set-property> tag and
which extends from ActionConfig. Then you can use that from your
configuration file in order to get the parameter. The properties set are
not general purpose, in that you can't just obtain them in general for
any arbitrary ActionConfig instance.
HTH,
Kirk Wylie
Kirk Wylie wrote:
> You have to write your own Configuration class which has a
>
> For example, if you wrote MyActionConfig and set up className in your
> Action element in your struts-config.xml file, and you had a tag of:
> <set-property property="foo" value="bar"/>, then
> MyActionConfig.setFoo(bar) would be called during configuration parsing
> time.
>
> Kirk Wylie
>
> Nisith Dash wrote:
>
> > How can i access the propery of a bean which i have set in the struts
> > config
> > file using <set-property> in my action class.
> >
> > thanks,
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Re: Using set-property attribute in action class
Posted by Kirk Wylie <kw...@m7.com>.
You have to write your own Configuration class which has a
For example, if you wrote MyActionConfig and set up className in your
Action element in your struts-config.xml file, and you had a tag of:
<set-property property="foo" value="bar"/>, then
MyActionConfig.setFoo(bar) would be called during configuration parsing
time.
Kirk Wylie
Nisith Dash wrote:
> How can i access the propery of a bean which i have set in the struts
> config
> file using <set-property> in my action class.
>
> thanks,
>
>
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Using set-property attribute in action class
Posted by Nisith Dash <ni...@tcscal.co.in>.
How can i access the propery of a bean which i have set in the struts config
file using <set-property> in my action class.
thanks,
Re: Wizard with a Twist
Posted by Bob Lee <cr...@crazybob.org>.
Thanks, Adam, but the flow is not my main problem. Let me use a more
detailed example:
The first page has one question:
QA
The user clicks on an answer and another question appears:
QA
QB
Again:
QA
QB
QC
The user goes back and changes the answer to the first question:
QA
QD
As you can see, it has a lot of potential for duplication. Do I model
each of these views with a different JSP? It would make for a lot of
simple JSPs, but the naming scheme and Struts config would quickly blow
up. I could do one JSP, but after some time, this could easily evolve
into one huge JSP for the entire flow (ick!).
There's also tracking the answers. i.e., it would be ideal to use the
same form for each page, so the answer to QA always stays in sync.
Any tips?
Thanks,
Bob
Adam L wrote:
>For what it's worth, check out the workflow extension,
>http://www.livinglogic.de/Struts
> It takes a bit of tinkering with to fully understand and appreciate its
>power (check the archives for a very recent dialog between myself and its
>designer, Matthias Bauer). It's very simple in concept and design, but it's
>thus far been able to handle almost every need I have for workflow
>management.
>
> To put it very simply, you end up coding each component of your process as
>a puzzle piece. You then end up stringing them together with appropriate
>actions and forwards to create your workflow process. Component re-use has
>finally been realized for me in my workflows!
>
>-- adam
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Lee" <cr...@crazybob.org>
>To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:31 AM
>Subject: Wizard with a Twist
>
>
>
>
>>All,
>>
>>I have requirements do develop a wizard like application where you can
>>have multiple questions (up to 3) on a single page.
>>
>>When there are multiple questions, the first appears, you select an
>>answer, and the next one appears. If you change the answer to a
>>previous question, all of the succeeding answers are reset and you have
>>re-answer the questions.
>>
>>What the next question is bears on the answers to the previous
>>questions (or some other factors). I've deemed it okay to go back to
>>the server each time.
>>
>>There's also a requirement to do a bread crumb trail, but it will need
>>to go back pages of questions (not one question at a time). Also, going
>>forward, if questions have been answered and you don't alter the
>>answers, you should be able to go forward page by page as well.
>>
>>I'm trying to figure out the best way to break this down (i.e. how many
>>JSPs, actions, and forms to use, what scope to use for the forms,
>>etc.). Key factors for maintainability will be the naming schemes (so
>>you can easily follow and manipulate the flow) and the ability to move
>>questions around without impacting other questions too much or making
>>changes in too many places. Any tips or suggestions?
>>
>>Note: I started down a more generic route where I was going to build a
>>tool to manage the flow, but there's so many weird requirements (things
>>specific to certain questions, etc.) that I decided it would be easier
>>to just start out simple for this iteration.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Bob
>>
>>P.S. I also have an option to use Blue Martini. Anyone have experience
>>with this? Would it help me solve this problem more easily than just
>>coding it with Struts?
>>
>>
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Re: Wizard with a Twist
Posted by Adam L <ad...@hotmail.com>.
For what it's worth, check out the workflow extension,
http://www.livinglogic.de/Struts
It takes a bit of tinkering with to fully understand and appreciate its
power (check the archives for a very recent dialog between myself and its
designer, Matthias Bauer). It's very simple in concept and design, but it's
thus far been able to handle almost every need I have for workflow
management.
To put it very simply, you end up coding each component of your process as
a puzzle piece. You then end up stringing them together with appropriate
actions and forwards to create your workflow process. Component re-use has
finally been realized for me in my workflows!
-- adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Lee" <cr...@crazybob.org>
To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:31 AM
Subject: Wizard with a Twist
> All,
>
> I have requirements do develop a wizard like application where you can
> have multiple questions (up to 3) on a single page.
>
> When there are multiple questions, the first appears, you select an
> answer, and the next one appears. If you change the answer to a
> previous question, all of the succeeding answers are reset and you have
> re-answer the questions.
>
> What the next question is bears on the answers to the previous
> questions (or some other factors). I've deemed it okay to go back to
> the server each time.
>
> There's also a requirement to do a bread crumb trail, but it will need
> to go back pages of questions (not one question at a time). Also, going
> forward, if questions have been answered and you don't alter the
> answers, you should be able to go forward page by page as well.
>
> I'm trying to figure out the best way to break this down (i.e. how many
> JSPs, actions, and forms to use, what scope to use for the forms,
> etc.). Key factors for maintainability will be the naming schemes (so
> you can easily follow and manipulate the flow) and the ability to move
> questions around without impacting other questions too much or making
> changes in too many places. Any tips or suggestions?
>
> Note: I started down a more generic route where I was going to build a
> tool to manage the flow, but there's so many weird requirements (things
> specific to certain questions, etc.) that I decided it would be easier
> to just start out simple for this iteration.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> P.S. I also have an option to use Blue Martini. Anyone have experience
> with this? Would it help me solve this problem more easily than just
> coding it with Struts?
>
>
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