Re: FormBean Vs ModelBean dilemma

[David Graham <dg...@hotmail.com>]

I don't see anything wrong with your setup.  Keep in mind that the reason 
you have 2 hierarchies is so your business layer doesn't know what 
environment it's running in.  You can reuse your model beans in a swing 
application with no changes.  The form beans are only used in a struts web 
environment.

You could pass your form beans directly into your business layer but that's 
not very elegant and will be frowned upon by most architects.

David






>From: "Dan Tran" <da...@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
>To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
>Subject: FormBean  Vs ModelBean  dilemma
>Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:20:37 -0700
>
>Hello,
>
>I am seeking for some advice on the best way to implement my project
>
>I have a bout 20 screens to display and persist into DB.
>I follow the tutorial on
>
>
>http://www.keyboardmonkey.com/pilotlight/next/Tutorial_partTwo.jsp?content=y
>esplease
>
>and implemented my prototype and ended up with 2 similar java object
>hierachies.  One for the
>form bean and one for the model bean.  As recommend by all expert on this
>list as well as Chuch's book,
>All action form bean's properties are String, the actionform beans are copy
>to the model beans to be persisted.
>
>The dilemma here is I have 2 similar groups of objects (and lots of set and
>get methods to type) and scare the hell out
>my boss ;-)
>
>Any suggestion?
>
>-Dan
>
>--
>To unsubscribe, e-mail:   
><ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
>For additional commands, e-mail: 
><ma...@jakarta.apache.org>


_________________________________________________________________
Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!  Try MSN. 
http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp


--
To unsubscribe, e-mail:   <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>