Struts Action Graphs

[Derek Longmuir <dl...@echoworx.com>]

Hi everyone,

I have created some XSL that takes the (old) action.xml and (new)
struts-config.xml files and produces a graph showing the various forwards,
forms, actions, etc. You can then use dot to convert the graph into an
image.

I threw together a website where you can check this out at:

http://members.home.net/dlongmuir/struts.html

It isn't quite as enlightening as I thought it would be, but certainly
produces interesting pictures. :-) This is primarily due to the fact that
the struts-config.xml doesn't hold all the information. I think to produce a
better overview you would have to also parse the corresponding JSPs for
their tags, and maybe even the action classes themselves. 

Let me know if you have comments, bugs, whatever.

Thanks, Derek. 

Re: Struts Action Graphs

[Bryan Field-Elliot <br...@netmeme.org>]

Derek,

That is really cool!

Thanks,
Bryan


Derek Longmuir wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have created some XSL that takes the (old) action.xml and (new) 
> struts-config.xml files and produces a graph showing the various 
> forwards, forms, actions, etc. You can then use dot to convert the 
> graph into an image.
> 
> I threw together a website where you can check this out at:
> 
> http://members.home.net/dlongmuir/struts.html
> 
> It isn't quite as enlightening as I thought it would be, but certainly 
> produces interesting pictures. :-) This is primarily due to the fact 
> that the struts-config.xml doesn't hold all the information. I think 
> to produce a better overview you would have to also parse the 
> corresponding JSPs for their tags, and maybe even the action classes 
> themselves.
> 
> Let me know if you have comments, bugs, whatever.
> 
> Thanks, Derek.
>