Clever way to externalize the values for the getKeyMethodMap() in the LookupDispatchAction?

[Mi...@ubsw.com]

I am trying to find a clever way to externalize the values for the getKeyMethodMap()?
I do not want to hard-code map.put( "form.button.add", "add" );
If there is anyone who has come up with a better way and would be willing to share, I would be very appreciative.

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Sr. Designer - Project Trust 
aUBS AG, Financial - Zürich 
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Re: Clever way to externalize the values for the getKeyMethodMap() in the LookupDispatchAction?

[Kris Schneider <kr...@dotech.com>]

I'm not sure how clever it is, but that smells like a job for a properties file.
I'm not a big fan of doing things like I/O in constructors, so it might make
more sense to create the map in a plug-in and store it in application scope.
Normally, I'd say use a ServletContextListener if you've got a Servlet 2.3
container, but this is really to support Struts-specific functionality so I'd go
for the plug-in instead.

That being said, since the map values are method names that you have to
hard-code in your class anyway, the only real flexibility this seems to provide
is in the resource key. As an aside, I probably wouldn't code the
getKeyMethodMap method as it's illustrated in the Javadoc (i.e. create a new map
for each invocation). I'd be inclined to do something like:

private static final Map KEY_METHOD_MAP;
static {
  Map m = new HashMap(2);
  m.put("button.add", "add");
  m.put("button.delete", "delete");
  KEY_METHOD_MAP = Collections.unmodifiableMap(m);
}

protected Map getKeyMethodMap() {
  return KEY_METHOD_MAP;
}

Quoting Mick.Knutson@ubsw.com:

> I am trying to find a clever way to externalize the values for the
> getKeyMethodMap()?
> I do not want to hard-code map.put( "form.button.add", "add" );
> If there is anyone who has come up with a better way and would be willing to
> share, I would be very appreciative.
> 
> -------------------------
> Thank You 
> Mick Knutson 
> Sr. Designer - Project Trust 
> aUBS AG, Financial - Zürich 
> Office: +41 (0)1/234.42.75 
> Internal: 48194 
> Mobile: 079.726.14.26 
> -------------------------

-- 
Kris Schneider <ma...@dotech.com>
D.O.Tech       <http://www.dotech.com/>

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