tools that realize code

[Taylor Cowan <tc...@silverstream.com>]

The struts framework is constructed in a way that lends itself to some type
of designer tool.  It would be feasible to have a visual editor for
"struts-config.xml", then when an action is selected the "perform" event is
opened in an editor just like clicking on a button in a VB form.  That's
just a simple example of what could be done.  Does anyone else envision
something like this?

Taylor

Re: tools that realize code

[Petr Jiricka <pe...@czech.sun.com>]

Taylor,

I absolutely agree with you, this is something that would be a very nice
feature in a designer tool. It is quite likely that you will see this
feature in a future version of NetBeans/Forte for Java. It already has a
visual editor for the deployment descriptor (web.xml file), and having an
editor for struts-config.xml would definitely make sense.

But the good news is: since NetBeans is an open platform, and anyone is
invited to write extensions and contribute to NetBeans, there is no need to
wait until Sun decides to build a Struts tool.

Petr


----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor Cowan" <tc...@silverstream.com>
To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:02 PM
Subject: tools that realize code


> The struts framework is constructed in a way that lends itself to some
type
> of designer tool.  It would be feasible to have a visual editor for
> "struts-config.xml", then when an action is selected the "perform" event
is
> opened in an editor just like clicking on a button in a VB form.  That's
> just a simple example of what could be done.  Does anyone else envision
> something like this?
>
> Taylor
>