On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:04:23 -0700, Michael McGrady
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Martin Cooper wrote:
>
> >You already have two options - use what Struts provides, or disable
> >that and provide your own. Why would you want to bloat Struts with yet
> >another option?
> >
> >--
> >Martin Cooper
> >
> >
> I will assume, and rightly so, that this is a serious statement.
>
> There are two parts to an answer:
>
> Part One
>
> I am of the opinion that Struts should allow people choices rather than
> dictate choices which are not part of the sort of framework it
> provides. Ideally, I would see a situation where the interface was all
> that was provided and any upload solution would be part of an extension
> that was optional, but not required. This would not "bloat" but would
> diminish the code. Further, this would decouple disparate functions
> from one another without limiting options.
So your problem is that we *do* provide a solution to the file upload
problem with Struts? Your preference, as stated above, would be that
we provide the interface but *not* provide an implementation? That the
implementation would be an extension only?
You are asking that we *not* provide the choice of implementing or not
implementing file upload, but *require* the user to provide an
implementation if they need that functionality?
> Part Two
>
> I like the Struts framework and would like to use ActionForm with
> multipart requests.
Great! Use the built-in solution that has been provided with Struts
since its earliest versions, and has been used by hundreds, if not
thousands, of users since then.
> What about my suggestion?
As I've said, you are absolutely free to handle file uploads however you want.
--
Martin Cooper
>
> Michael McGrady
>
> >
> >On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:49:35 -0700, Michael McGrady
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Is there a way that it would make sense in the future to allow
> >>developers using Struts to specify their own interface for multipart
> >>request handlers? This is probably a stupid suggestion but couldn't
> >>Struts leave the interface at something like:
> >>
> >> public interface MultipartRequestHandler
> >> {
> >>
> >> /**
> >> * After constructed, this is the first method called on
> >> * by ActionServlet. Use this method for all your
> >> * data-parsing of the ServletInputStream in the request
> >> *
> >> * @exception ServletException thrown if something goes wrong
> >> */
> >> public void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request)
> >> throws ServletException;
> >> }
> >>
> >>This would not, would it (?), keep people or Struts developers from
> >>putting in their own solution but yet would leave the way clear for
> >>other developers to use their solutions while keeping ActionForm in the
> >>mix? Or, am I making a dreadful mistake here?
> >>
> >>Michael McGrady
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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