Thanks Mike, Are there any recommended approaches for this 'delegate' you mention... it seems to be basically a request processor right? I want it to be able to have some sort of state, such as whether the user is logged in for example.
Thanks, Abdullah --- "Brown, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Abdullah, > What precisely is your business layer? You have a > few options...One you > can use a delegate between your impl class and the > business layer that knows > how to access the business layer and make the > appropriate calls. Two, you > can have the impl access the business layer directly > (I prefer to separate > the code myself, but the choice is yours). > > So basically, web layer makes call to Axis, Axis > uses delegate to access the > business layer, business layer performs its magic > and returns to delegate > who returns to axis who returns to web layer. > > Hope that helps, > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Abdullah Jibaly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Axis & workflow based services > > Bill, > > Thanks for the input. However, my presentation layer > is going to be Laszlo, > and I want to communicate with the business layer > using axis. That's why I > can't get to struts, axis will be processing the > request first. > > Thanks, > Abdullah > > --- Bill Keese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Abdullah Jibaly wrote: > > > > >I want my view layer to communicate with the > business layer using web > > >services ... I can't use a standard MVC framework > like struts > > since > > >the request is sent to AxisServlet, right? > > > > > > > > As far as I understand, people usually talk about > separating the > > "presentation layer" and the "business layer", > rather than separating > > the "view layer" from the "business layer". So, it > sounds like you > > should write the presentation layer (model, view, > and controller) in > > struts, but the struts Actions should call the > "business layer" via > > web services. IE, the parts relating to > displaying web pages and to > > web page flow should be in struts, and the > Business layer contains > > "support" > > functions like "addEmployee()". > > > > What do you think? > > > > Bill > > > >
