SendConfirmationEmail isn't exactly a chain, the example got munged up and I really did mean SendEmail to be used as an Action. Anyway, enough about that... to answer your question:
"Can a chain have more than one View?" Yes, of course: NewDocument.action=ValidateDocument NewDocument.input=newdoc.jsp NewDocument.success=CreateNewDocument.action CreateNewDocument.action=StoreDocument CreateNewDocument.error=error.jsp CreateNewDocument.success=newdoc_success.jsp So if you think of this simple chain as a black box (ie: the only action that the web developer is concerned with is the NewDocument.action), then there are three possible outcomes: newdoc.jsp, error.jsp, and newdoc_success.jsp. The answer to your other question, "aren't views terminal?"... yes, they are. As you can see in the above example, you need to provide an display of some sorts at the end of the dynamic chain. I suppose CreateNewDocument (aka StoreDocument) could return NONE, but then I believe you'd just get a blank page. Also, remember that action chaining is very dynamic (above example illustrates that) and that is why it must be treated specially in GenericDispatcher. All other views are just treated as generic views, but an action chain must be handled differently. That's why in my configuration design in sandbox/xwork, you can see that the Map of results is a mapping of String -> Action OR View. -Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Ottinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:45 AM Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] More thoughts on Configuration > In summary, Maurice brought up a good point about SendConfirmationEmail > being a View rather than an action... > > That brings up another concept. Can a chain have more than one View? I > personally agree with Maurice in this: sendConfirmationEmail sounds > EXACTLY like a view (that happens to be "viewed" via SMTP session...) but > aren't views terminals? What would a browser see in this case? > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://enigmastation.com IT Consultant > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm > Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
