Re[2]: Validator/Tiles integration in Struts

[Oleg V Alexeev <oa...@apache.org>]

Hello Craig,

Comments below.

Tuesday, January 22, 2002, 9:35:59 PM, you wrote:

CRM> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Ted Husted wrote:

>> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:40:28 -0500
>> From: Ted Husted <hu...@apache.org>
>> Reply-To: Struts Developers List <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
>> To: Struts Developers List <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
>> Subject: Re: Validator/Tiles integration in Struts
>>
>> We went back and forth about this in regards to the Velocity/Struts
>> integration package for a while. Finally, we put support for the
>> ContextHelper in Struts 1.1 (which might also work with the JSTL) and
>> the adapter for 1.0 in a new Velocity Tools package. The ContextHelper
>> gave Gabriel and Geir what they needed to know to write the 1.0 adapter,
>> and leaves most of the Velocity code with the Velocity team.
>>
>> Since Struts has so many Commons dependencies now, one more isn't going
>> to make any difference :)
>>

CRM> And we're going to be dependent on the underlying Commons package anyway,
CRM> in order to use the functionality :-).

>> The next question might be what about Tiles integration in Struts?
>> Cedric's Definitions are really quite neat, are coupled (to an extent)
>> with the ActionForwards, and has hooks to the ActionServlet. It also
>> uses an XML configuration file. Leaving it seperate seems fine, but then
>> again, if we have everything else in struts-config ...
>>

CRM> Tiles is next on my list to look at.

CRM> A meta-question, though ... would you guys be interested in capping the
CRM> 1.1 release after we deal with validator/services/tiles?  If we agreed for
CRM> that, we oculd probably get a 1.1 release out in time for JavaOne 2002
CRM> (end of March this year).

I think it is real time to end work.

>> A very cool new feature, that I'm just getting into today, is the
>> ability for each Tile to call an Action as it is included, which makes
>> writing portlets very simple. As soon as get through it, I'm going to
>> take a look at it from the perspective of the new sub-application
>> (application module?) support.
>>
>> -Ted.
>>

CRM> Craig


>>
>> David Winterfeldt wrote:
>> >
>> > I've been thinking about the inclusion of the Struts
>> > driver/interface to the Validator with the Commons
>> > version.  Some of my concerns are as follows.  If
>> > Struts is included, what is the criteria for including
>> > another driver?  I wouldn't want to be exclusive, but
>> > I wouldn't want to get into having to maintain drivers
>> > for frameworks I don't use or understand.  One
>> > solution I can think of would be if a Commons commiter
>> > would volunteer to maintain that driver/interface and
>> > I could help them.  The only other issue is that if
>> > the driver is in Commons then the example web apps and
>> > cactus unit tests would be there too.  It doesn't seem
>> > like this should be there.  Maybe that is just because
>> > there aren't any other Commons projects doing this
>> > yet, but there will be in the future.
>> >
>> > David
>>
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