Re: {Spam?} RE: [OT]Terrific intro to JSF

[GR...@intellicare.com]

Daniel:

"Daniel Perry" <d....@netcase.co.uk> wrote on 08/10/2005 05:39:49 AM:
 
> My reasoning behind all this stuff, is i HATE all these xml config 
files.
> Or more accurately, I like xml config files, but I hate moving between X
> different xml files.  It might suit IDEs, but it aint right for humans!
> You've got a jsp page with <html:text> - why cant i put validation, type
> (for dynamic bean handling), etc there, rather than looking at various
> different xml files.

XDcolet hasn't been integrated with JSF yet (
http://www.evolutionnext.com/blog/2004/11/13/1100372027000.html)
but once it is, who knows, maybe we'll probably never touch a config file 
again..:)

> > >
> > > Then you eliminate actionforms as all the validation info is in
> > the form,
> > > and can be automcatically done for you, and then use can use
> > dynamic proxies
> > > to provide properly typed javabeans as output from a form, and use 
the
> > > models DTOs to put data into forms!
> >
> > You just described the most common design pattern for using JSF :-).
> 
> One of these days i will find some time to look at jsf/shale properly. 
Been
> saying that for quite a while, just never got round to it!
> 
> Daniel.

Geeta