I created a JIRA issue for multiple config files at http://jira.opensymphony.com/secure/ViewIssue.jspa?key=WW-82
+1 for deprecating views.properties. Multiple configuration methods make webwork more confusing, not less -----Original Message----- From: James Cook [mailto:jim.cook@;dot.state.oh.us] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] Views.properties - to deprecate or not I don't particularly like actions.xml, and I really like the simplicity of views.properties. I find it much easier to read. I'm ambivalent about deprecating views.properties only because it is a bitch to maintain in a multi-user environment. At early stages in a project, it is a heavily edited file that CVS doesn't always play well with. The upside of actions.xml is the ability to separate the file out into multiple XML documents and aggregate them in actions.cml using the XML entity format. +0 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:opensymphony-webwork-admin@;lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of > Mike Cannon-Brookes > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 5:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OS-webwork] Views.properties - to deprecate or not > > > Hey all, > > OK - let me see if I can boil this issue down to simplicity. > > > "Should we deprecate views.properties?" > > > In my view, it should be deprecated - ie it will still work, but will > no longer be documented or referred to. > - actions.xml is a far simpler format to read > - anyone using J2EE MUST understand XML configuration files by now > already > - maintaining two 'default' view configuration mechanisms can only confuse > new users. > > +1 from me. > > -mike > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las > Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully > supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
