But I'm ready for bed now, so I will have to sleep on it before I could say just what "write" type methods I think there would need to be.
Joe
At 11:16 PM -0500 11/30/04, Ted Husted wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:15:51 -0600, Joe Germuska wrote:�I've been thinking for a while that we should stop storing so many �things directly in the ServletContext and instead, define a �"Struts" object which would hold these things. �I've mentioned this �obliquely a few times and not gotten much response, so maybe no one �else likes the idea. �Or maybe it's been too oblique. �Benefits of �something like this would be reducing dependencies on the Servlet �API and providing a better environment for testing.
Like it? I implemented it two years nine months ago :)
* http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/trunk/src/share/org/apache/struts/config/ConfigHelperInterface.java?rev=48889&view=markup
It's also mentioned on the proposed updates to the Roadmap.
* http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=29427
under the moniker "ViewContext".
I was going to try and work on updating the website tonight, but my flight was delayed, and I might not get to it.
I do think we should be passing a Struts API bean out to the view, which could also include a context for arbitrary properties.
-Ted.
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