Downloading Applications and Struts

2004-09-28 Thread Michael McGrady
A downloading application utilizing Struts, in my opinion, like the uploading applications, should have its basic classes somewhere else, like uploading is in commons. Such an application, in my opinion, should merely present an interface that subclasses of Struts Actions can, directly or

Re: Downloading Applications and Struts

2004-09-28 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
You are referring to Martin's DownloadAction I believe... Note that he didn't place it in the action package, he placed it in the actions package. It's a subtle difference, but an important one. As I understand it, the action package are the core classes and interfaces of Struts, while the

Re: Downloading Applications and Struts

2004-09-28 Thread Craig McClanahan
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:07:06 -0400, Frank W. Zammetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are referring to Martin's DownloadAction I believe... Note that he didn't place it in the action package, he placed it in the actions package. It's a subtle difference, but an important one. As I understand

Re: Downloading Applications and Struts

2004-09-28 Thread Michael McGrady
Frank W. Zammetti wrote: You are referring to Martin's DownloadAction I believe... Note that he didn't place it in the action package, he placed it in the actions package. It's a subtle difference, but an important one. As I understand it, the action package are the core classes and

Re: Downloading Applications and Struts

2004-09-28 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
Craig McClanahan wrote: The proposed example is a good first step, but the hard part of building a framework, as opposed to an application, is figuring out where to define the extension points. An example issue relevant to the current proposal -- what if I want to load my data from somewhere

Re: Downloading Applications and Struts

2004-09-28 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
Michael McGrady wrote: I would never add something that is a mere solution to a non-framework problem. But this is really the crux of the debate, and is also the reason I find myself simultaneously agreeing and disagreeing with you :) The distinction between what is a mere solution to a

Re: Downloading Applications and Struts

2004-09-28 Thread Martin Cooper
Way down there... On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:51:55 -0700, Craig McClanahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:07:06 -0400, Frank W. Zammetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are referring to Martin's DownloadAction I believe... Note that he didn't place it in the action package, he