You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to user@struts.apache.org by "Santinello, Anthony" <an...@experian.com> on 2012/03/29 20:07:04 UTC
Struts/CMS/Drupal
Hi..
Wonder if I can get some advice/suggestions..
Has anyone used Drupal and Struts together? Drupal is a CMS for managing content/web features. I have a user that wants to use Drupal. Our application uses Struts; anyway to combine the two.
Pretty much using Drupal as the View? Any ideas how to do so? I was thinking about Struts pointing to PHP; but then you lose the power of JSP/JSTL/Forms/etc?
If not does anyone know of a CMS that integrates easily with struts?
Thanks,
Tony
Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Posted by Christian Grobmeier <gr...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Santinello, Anthony
<an...@experian.com> wrote:
> Christian -- I'll have to check it out some more. I have heard of quercus as a possible option. Just have to try it.
>
> So..Struts would call PHP pages using quercus instead of JSP pages?
>
> Or it sounds like what your saying is the PHP would make requests to Struts that would do the business logic and return data(json/xml) to the PHP to process; am I close? But it sounds like I would lose the dynamic nature of JSP pages?
In the Quercus case:
Web Request -> Drupal/PHP -> Struts classes
You would be able to reuse you java classes, but you also might loose
the Struts interceptor stack.
In JSON/Rest case:
Web Request -> Drupal/PHP -> web request-> Struts action
You would keep your Struts interceptors here. And you have not the
pain with Quercus (which can be complex sometimes)
The problem is, Drupal does use its own database with content. You
would have to work that all up and redirect to Struts. To be honest,
this all is pretty challenging. My guess is, if you use Drupal for CMS
work, then you will not manage to get the Data to your Struts app
without pain. You have only a serious chance if struts delivers
business data (facts, user data whatever) and Drupal manages the CMS
stuff. But then you have two databases....
Guess you'll have a lot of fun pretty soon.
>
> Thanks for you help.
>
> --
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Grobmeier [mailto:grobmeier@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:20 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
>
> Tony,
>
> can Drupal consume json data easily? You probably can use Struts as some kind of "data layer" which delivers only json data.
> You might want to look at Quercus:
> http://quercus.caucho.com/
>
> Quercus is a Java implementation of PHP. It might serve Drupal, and this way you might have a chance to access Java Klasses from PHP.
> But you will still loose JSP et al - this would be a php domain then.
>
> If using Quercus I can only recommend using the whole Resin server...
> while Quercus might run on other servers, it is a bit pita to get it running there.
>
> Cheers
> Christian
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Santinello, Anthony <an...@experian.com> wrote:
>> Hi..
>>
>> Wonder if I can get some advice/suggestions..
>>
>> Has anyone used Drupal and Struts together? Drupal is a CMS for managing content/web features. I have a user that wants to use Drupal. Our application uses Struts; anyway to combine the two.
>>
>> Pretty much using Drupal as the View? Any ideas how to do so? I was thinking about Struts pointing to PHP; but then you lose the power of JSP/JSTL/Forms/etc?
>>
>> If not does anyone know of a CMS that integrates easily with struts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.grobmeier.de
> https://www.timeandbill.de
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
>
--
http://www.grobmeier.de
https://www.timeandbill.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
RE: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Posted by "Santinello, Anthony" <an...@experian.com>.
Christian -- I'll have to check it out some more. I have heard of quercus as a possible option. Just have to try it.
So..Struts would call PHP pages using quercus instead of JSP pages?
Or it sounds like what your saying is the PHP would make requests to Struts that would do the business logic and return data(json/xml) to the PHP to process; am I close? But it sounds like I would lose the dynamic nature of JSP pages?
Thanks for you help.
--
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Grobmeier [mailto:grobmeier@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:20 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Tony,
can Drupal consume json data easily? You probably can use Struts as some kind of "data layer" which delivers only json data.
You might want to look at Quercus:
http://quercus.caucho.com/
Quercus is a Java implementation of PHP. It might serve Drupal, and this way you might have a chance to access Java Klasses from PHP.
But you will still loose JSP et al - this would be a php domain then.
If using Quercus I can only recommend using the whole Resin server...
while Quercus might run on other servers, it is a bit pita to get it running there.
Cheers
Christian
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Santinello, Anthony <an...@experian.com> wrote:
> Hi..
>
> Wonder if I can get some advice/suggestions..
>
> Has anyone used Drupal and Struts together? Drupal is a CMS for managing content/web features. I have a user that wants to use Drupal. Our application uses Struts; anyway to combine the two.
>
> Pretty much using Drupal as the View? Any ideas how to do so? I was thinking about Struts pointing to PHP; but then you lose the power of JSP/JSTL/Forms/etc?
>
> If not does anyone know of a CMS that integrates easily with struts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
--
http://www.grobmeier.de
https://www.timeandbill.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Posted by Christian Grobmeier <gr...@gmail.com>.
Tony,
can Drupal consume json data easily? You probably can use Struts as
some kind of "data layer" which delivers only json data.
You might want to look at Quercus:
http://quercus.caucho.com/
Quercus is a Java implementation of PHP. It might serve Drupal, and
this way you might have a chance to access Java Klasses from PHP.
But you will still loose JSP et al - this would be a php domain then.
If using Quercus I can only recommend using the whole Resin server...
while Quercus might run on other servers, it is a bit pita to get it
running there.
Cheers
Christian
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Santinello, Anthony
<an...@experian.com> wrote:
> Hi..
>
> Wonder if I can get some advice/suggestions..
>
> Has anyone used Drupal and Struts together? Drupal is a CMS for managing content/web features. I have a user that wants to use Drupal. Our application uses Struts; anyway to combine the two.
>
> Pretty much using Drupal as the View? Any ideas how to do so? I was thinking about Struts pointing to PHP; but then you lose the power of JSP/JSTL/Forms/etc?
>
> If not does anyone know of a CMS that integrates easily with struts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
--
http://www.grobmeier.de
https://www.timeandbill.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Posted by Dave Newton <da...@gmail.com>.
>
> But I'm stuck trying to get Drupal because my marketing team wants to use
> it. I could be wrong; but from what I read on the Drupal forums there is
> not a Java API.
>
There doesn't need to be, if there's something RESTful--I know nothing
about Drupal, so I'm useless with regards to anything Drupaly.
> The only way I see it possibly working is having PHP making calls to the
> back-end logic via some web-service? And try to re-use the code/business
> logic we used for Struts?
>
If the Struts code has an API then PHP could access it like any other web
service.
It really depends on what you're trying to integrate, and what it really
means. It sounds more like you're asking "where do I create the
integration", in the Struts app, or the Drupal app. That I don't know--it
depends on what has the easiest access/integration points, what you're most
familiar with, what the client's needs are, etc.
You're a bit limited in that they're insisting on Drupal--if they want to
do everything through Drupal then your best bet may be to hook in to your
Struts app through that.
Dave
Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Posted by Christian Grobmeier <gr...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Santinello, Anthony
<an...@experian.com> wrote:
> The only way I see it possibly working is having PHP making calls to the back-end logic via some web-service? And try to re-use the code/business logic we used for Struts?
Thats possible, if you don't use tools like Quercus.
You can use the JSON Plugin for that. Its bundled
http://struts.apache.org/2.3.1.2/docs/json-plugin.html
Or you use this plugin:
https://github.com/grobmeier/jjson
Cheers
>
>
> Might be way off on this?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Newton [mailto:davelnewton@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:17 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
>
> Define "integrates"; Alfresco has a pretty flexible API.
>
> Using Drupal and Struts together seems a bit nonsensical to me, but I'm not familiar with its API (or if it has one). Bear in mind that even without an API you can always just make requests, or wrap its DB, or...
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Santinello, Anthony < anthony.santinello@experian.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi..
>>
>> Wonder if I can get some advice/suggestions..
>>
>> Has anyone used Drupal and Struts together? Drupal is a CMS for
>> managing content/web features. I have a user that wants to use
>> Drupal. Our application uses Struts; anyway to combine the two.
>>
>> Pretty much using Drupal as the View? Any ideas how to do so? I was
>> thinking about Struts pointing to PHP; but then you lose the power of
>> JSP/JSTL/Forms/etc?
>>
>> If not does anyone know of a CMS that integrates easily with struts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
>
--
http://www.grobmeier.de
https://www.timeandbill.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
RE: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Posted by "Santinello, Anthony" <an...@experian.com>.
I define "integrating" by limited changes to our Struts Framework(model/view/controller) in order to use Drupal.
And yes I agree with you in terms on nonsensical. Many member of the Drupal community will also agree with you.
But I'm stuck trying to get Drupal because my marketing team wants to use it. I could be wrong; but from what I read on the Drupal forums there is not a Java API.
The only way I see it possibly working is having PHP making calls to the back-end logic via some web-service? And try to re-use the code/business logic we used for Struts?
Might be way off on this?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Newton [mailto:davelnewton@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:17 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Define "integrates"; Alfresco has a pretty flexible API.
Using Drupal and Struts together seems a bit nonsensical to me, but I'm not familiar with its API (or if it has one). Bear in mind that even without an API you can always just make requests, or wrap its DB, or...
Dave
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Santinello, Anthony < anthony.santinello@experian.com> wrote:
> Hi..
>
> Wonder if I can get some advice/suggestions..
>
> Has anyone used Drupal and Struts together? Drupal is a CMS for
> managing content/web features. I have a user that wants to use
> Drupal. Our application uses Struts; anyway to combine the two.
>
> Pretty much using Drupal as the View? Any ideas how to do so? I was
> thinking about Struts pointing to PHP; but then you lose the power of
> JSP/JSTL/Forms/etc?
>
> If not does anyone know of a CMS that integrates easily with struts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
Re: Struts/CMS/Drupal
Posted by Dave Newton <da...@gmail.com>.
Define "integrates"; Alfresco has a pretty flexible API.
Using Drupal and Struts together seems a bit nonsensical to me, but I'm not
familiar with its API (or if it has one). Bear in mind that even without an
API you can always just make requests, or wrap its DB, or...
Dave
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Santinello, Anthony <
anthony.santinello@experian.com> wrote:
> Hi..
>
> Wonder if I can get some advice/suggestions..
>
> Has anyone used Drupal and Struts together? Drupal is a CMS for managing
> content/web features. I have a user that wants to use Drupal. Our
> application uses Struts; anyway to combine the two.
>
> Pretty much using Drupal as the View? Any ideas how to do so? I was
> thinking about Struts pointing to PHP; but then you lose the power of
> JSP/JSTL/Forms/etc?
>
> If not does anyone know of a CMS that integrates easily with struts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
>