Thanks for the testing :)

I added the dependency to rest-showcase to make build again. I also
added a note to the 2.1.1 release notes.

musachy

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Jeromy Evans
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Musachy,
>
> Just letting you know I just moved a large rest-plugin app from an old
> 2.1.3-snapshot to the current head to try things out...and it still works
> :-)
>
> Here's what I had to do:  - added codebehind as a direct dependency for the
> application (for now) as it was removed as a dependency from rest-plugin
>  - removed direct use of
> struts.configuration.classpath.disableActionScanning=true, which still has
> an effect.
>
> I'll move this app over to a Rest+Convention later.
>
> I don't share the view that plugins must not have dependencies on other
> plugins.  I have plugins that provide Controllers so a run-time dependency
> on the rest plugin is mandatory as the rest plugin provides fundamental
> behaviour. Some of those Controllers use @Result annotations so an explicit
> dependency on CodeBehind (or Convention later) also now exists. It doesn't
> sit comfortably with me that the pom has to reference both dependencies
> explicitly when the actual requirement is for the rest-plugin and its
> transitive dependencies (such as struts-core and codebehind/convention).  I
> also am certain I will need to publish S2 plugins that depend on these
> plugins (and others) later.
>
> regards,
> Jeromy Evans
>
> PS. rest howcase on trunk can't build as it uses @Results and now needs an
> explicit dependency on CodeBehind/Convention added to its pom.
>
> Musachy Barroso wrote:
>>
>> I created a proposal page on the wiki for this:
>>
>>
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/S2WIKI/Convention%2CCodebehind+and+REST+2.3
>>
>> I also opened a ticket for fixing the depenency between
>> REST->Codebehind, which I don't see why it should exists:
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2667
>>
>> After taking care of that issue, and if we get to agree on the new
>> "unknown-handler-stack" (nobody has said anything pro/against yet), we
>> are done with the blocking concerns. (I think)
>>
>> musachy
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Musachy Barroso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Here is yet another idea, this one assumes that multiple
>>> UnknowHandler(s) can be stacked (which I am prototyping). If we modify
>>> ControllerClasspathPackageProvider, so it delegates to an instance of
>>> ClasspathPackageProvider instead of extending it, and using reflection
>>> for the delegation of those few methods, we could have a nice setup:
>>>
>>> 1. Applications using Codebehind
>>> No changes to Codebehind were done, they will continue to work
>>>
>>> 2.Applications using Codebehind + REST
>>> REST ControllerClasspathPackageProvider will find Codebehind's
>>> ClasspathPackageProvider in the classpath, and delegate to it using
>>> reflection. These applications will continue to work without any
>>> modification.
>>>
>>> 3. Applications using REST + Convention
>>> REST ControllerClasspathPackageProvider won't find Codebehind's
>>> ClasspathPackageProvider in the classpath so it won't do anything.
>>> REST will work on top of Convention (this works fine).
>>>
>>> Plugins will be standalone, like they are now, and backward
>>> compatibility will be kept. As a side effect, REST could be used with
>>> XML configuration without Codebehind being in the classpath. I know
>>> reflection is not a very elegant solution, but it would be temporary
>>> until Codebehind is phased out, a few versions later.
>>>
>>> musachy
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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