Cactus MVC Architecture

[Rod Macpherson <rm...@abovehealth.com>]

Is Cactus repeating a common mistake in describing the MVC architecture?

http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/features.html


With MVC you have a data model, a view of that data model and a
controller. The view is not visual anymore than the OSI presentation
layer is visual. The view is a presentation of a data model. The
controller is a component. That I render the control interface and the
view of my data on a JSP is fluff that lives outside of the core MVC. 

Is this miguided, correct, something in between? 

TIA

RE: Cactus MVC Architecture

[Vincent Massol <vm...@pivolis.com>]

Hi Rod,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Macpherson [mailto:rmacpherson@abovehealth.com]
> Sent: jeudi 1 septembre 2005 23:38
> To: Cactus
> Subject: Cactus MVC Architecture
> 
> Is Cactus repeating a common mistake in describing the MVC architecture?
> 
> http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/features.html
> 
> 
> With MVC you have a data model, a view of that data model and a
> controller. The view is not visual anymore than the OSI presentation
> layer is visual. The view is a presentation of a data model. The
> controller is a component. That I render the control interface and the
> view of my data on a JSP is fluff that lives outside of the core MVC.
> 
> Is this miguided, correct, something in between?

Actually we're not even trying to describe the MVC architecture. It was just
a convenient way to explain all the places where Cargo could help in
testing.

I'm not sure I understand your argument but if you want to submit a better
image, we'll happily replace this one with yours.

Thanks
-Vincent