No particular reason - could have gone either ways - but since we were already using Struts, preferred keeping my configurations in one place (instead of touching web.xml separately). - Mohan
Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mohan- sounds interesting! Thanks for the paper ;) One question: Why are you using a Struts Plugin (SkinPlugin) instead of ContextListener ? With a context listener your framework is not *tied* to struts. -Matthias > -----Original Message----- > From: Mohan Kishore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:44 AM > To: dev@struts.apache.org > Subject: Lightweight Skin Framework > > http://wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/cs527/DOWNLOAD/MohanKishore%2FCSS+Skin > -final.doc > > As part of my course at UIUC, I have written a "CSS Skin" > pattern - along with a sample implementation. I would like to > contribute that to the struts framework. It is relatively > independent of the struts library (much like the Tiles > framework), but I feel that it would be most useful to the > web developers when bundled with Struts. > > I am aware of a much more powerful framework "XKins" - but > imho, that is an overkill for most applications. My pattern > assumes that most web developers already have a CSS file that > abstracts the pure presentation elements out of the JSP > files. This pattern allows you to provide alternative CSS > files in the form of skins. > > regards, > Mohan > > [PS: please let me know if you want the pattern in a > different format] > > > Mohan Kishore > 1137 Foster City Blvd, Apt 2 > Foster City, CA 94404 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mohan Kishore 1137 Foster City Blvd, Apt 2 Foster City, CA 94404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.
