RE: [OS-webwork] Request for a new Interceptor maybe?

[Eric Pugh]

Title: RE: [OS-webwork] Request for a new Interceptor maybe?

Bruce,

 

there is supposedly a webwork extensions CVS repo plus project infrastructure set up on Java.net..  However, as far as I know, the paperwork hasn't been completed, and the site hasn't been setup, but you could check..   The idea was that things like the Spring framework integration etc would all live here. 

 

If you are looking into workflow, the folks that brought you webwork also have OSWorkflow, which I personally like because of it's simplicity.

 

Eric

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Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] Request for a new Interceptor maybe?

To: Eric Pugh,

Hi.. Saw your following post. Can you expound on what you mean regarding web-work extensions? We don't follow this thread very often, but we might be interested in a workflow related application....

Regards,

Bruce Douglas
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I too would like to see something like a sourceforge project that had web-work extensions.  I understand that there is a webwork extensions project, however, not sure what the level of committment is required to get access to that CVS..  I am thinking of something with a relatively low barrier to entry in order to allow many people to contribute...

Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thompson, Christopher C (Kris)

Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:53 PM
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Subject: [OS-webwork] Request for a new Interceptor maybe?

I want an interceptor to check the preconditions of an Action, for example verify that all the request parameters that should have been passed in indeed did.  I thought about using the DefaultWorkFlowInterceptor but it has to problems (not with it but with me trying to use it with this problem) 1 is it returns INPUT on error and 2 it returns INPUT on any error not just field error.  My action does not have an input to it, it is simply a presentation action that requires a parameter to be passed it.

Maybe we could create an Interceptor that is almost like the DefaultWorkFlow  and have it call a method called say verifyPreConditions....or something along those lines and have it return to ERROR.

[Slightly tangent here]

Would it be useful or used at all if we had a repository (outside of CVS) where users could create, add, download Interceptors?  It seems like there could be many more useful interceptors than what would be needed to keep in the master CVS repository.  Any thoughts?

Kris Thompson