+1 --- Jason Carreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok. I did some thinking about this on the plane and here's what I'm > thinking: > > <webwork:action name="foo" id="foo"> > <webwork:param name="bar">123</webwork:param> > <webwork:param name="baz">456</webwork:param> > </webwork:action> > > The action is executed in the closing tag after the params have been set > and the action is bound into the page context (like a jsp:usebean). This > was really the only way I could think of to have a good lifecycle and be > parameterized. > > Then, later, you can do: > > <webwork:push value="@foo"> > <webwork:property value="bar"/> > <webwork:property value="myGeneratedProperty"/> > </webwork:push> > > Which gets the Action from the PageContext and pushes it onto the > ValueStack. You could also just access properties using the > "@foo.bar"... > > At least, I think that's how the Ognl notation accesses objects in the > PageContext :-) > > Thoughts? > > Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pat Lightbody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 3:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] Action Tag > > > > > > Nah, you've got it all wrong. It's really quite a nice way to > > integrate data in to your UI tags, for example: > > > > <ww:action name="InfoTypeLoader"> > > <ui:select label="'Select an InfoType'" name="'infoType'" > > list="possibleInfoTypes"/> </ww:action> > > > > InfoTypeLoader has a getPossibleInfoTypes() method that > > returns a List, for example. Without the ww:action tag, you'd > > have to make all your various actions do this > > getPossibleInfoTypes() method, which sucks. > > > > -Pat > > > > PS: I'm off to Europe for 2 weeks in like 15 minutes, talk to > > you guys later! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jason Carreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 11:21 AM > > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] Action Tag > > > > > > > Ok, having read this thread, I'm trying to figure out what the > > > intended use of the Action tag is. I've personally never > > used it, so > > > perhaps a discussion of the need / usage of it would make the right > > > thing to do more clear. I understand that the non-deterministic > > > execution of Actions is a real problem, so a good lifecycle model > > > should be one requirement. What are the others? > > > > > > I'd rather take a little time and try to do this right than > > put in a > > > quick fix. The execute tag just seems a little hacky to me, > > and it's > > > one more tag, which has non-trivial requirements of the JSP > > developer > > > (i.e. bind an Action to an id above). It also seems too much like > > > regular JSP, which I detest, IMHO. > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Heng Sin Low [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:57 PM > > > > To: OS-Webwork > > > > Subject: [OS-webwork] Action Tag > > > > > > > > > > > > I notice the action tag and lazyvalue stuff have landed > > in cvs and > > > > it follows the 1.3 pattern which I think could be confusing at > > > > times. For e.g, it is not deterministic when the action will > > > > actually be executed and you have to be carefull when using the > > > > param tag with it. Exception from the actual execution of > > action are > > > > being hidden as well. > > > > > > > > For instance > > > > > > > > <webwork:action name="abc.action"> > > > > <webwork:param name="startRow" value="result.current"/> > > > > jsp content > > > > </webwork:action> > > > > > > > > will not work and this could be confusing for newbie. > > Also, if the > > > > action is not being reference in the jsp content, executing it at > > > > the </webwork:action> stage is rather pointless. > > > > > > > > May be we should just add a nested execute tag to make > > this simpler > > > > and we can get rid of all the lazyvalue stuff from action > > proxy too > > > > ( I feel it is an awkward and unnecessary solution ). > > > > > > > > for e.g, the example above can be rewritten as > > > > > > > > <webwork:action name="abc.action"> > > > > <webwork:param name="startRow" value="result.current"/> > > > > <webwork:execute> > > > > jsp content > > > > </webwork:execute> > > > > </webwork:action> > > > > > > > > OR > > > > > > > > <webwork:action name="abc.action" id="myaction"> > > > > <webwork:param name="startRow" value="result.current"/> > > > > </webwork:action> > > > > > > > > <webwork:execute name="myaction"> > > > > jsp content > > > > </webwork:execute> > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Low > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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