RE: cleaning session

2004-10-08 Thread Freddy Villalba A.
OK

-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: viernes, 08 de octubre de 2004 14:46
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session


I can't promise when, but whenever I find myself working on it again,
I'll try to remember to contact you guys, or at least I'll repost. Right
now I'm working on Swing stuff, but I'll be doing another web app soon,
and maybe I can try something better then.

Erik


Freddy Villalba A. wrote:

>Ok guys,
>
>Don't want to be the party-booer, but since we have kind of agreed to some
>point, shouldn't it be better to move this discussion off this usergroup?
>
>Whoever takes the initiative, please send me the new location.
>
>Cheers all,
>Freddy.
>
>-Mensaje original-
>De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 16:51
>Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Asunto: RE: cleaning session
>
>
>Don't put this example under Apache License then. ;-)
>Or have it patented (with the new patent laws in Europe no problem).
>
>Hiran (getting offtopic)
>
>-
>Hiran Chaudhuri
>SAG Systemhaus GmbH
>Elsenheimer Straße 11
>80867 München
>Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
>Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>-Original Message-----
>>From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 15:33
>>To: Struts Users Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: cleaning session
>>
>>Yes, that is a good example.
>>
>>My only requirement here is that no one from STANDARDS BANK
>>may ever make use of it.
>>
>>:)
>>
>>Erik
>>
>>
>>
>>Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>There is another typical example:
>>>
>>>You have a search screen. after performing a search, you
>>>
>>>
>>select one of
>>
>>
>>>the items in order to... say... edit it. You go to the
>>>
>>>
>>edition screen
>>
>>
>>>(form) and, once you've concluded working with that item (typically:
>>>saved, deleted or canceled), you return to the search screen, where
>>>you'd see the (refreshed version of the) last search
>>>
>>>
>>results' table (to
>>
>>
>>>keep it simple, don't even assume there is pagination).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-Mensaje original-
>>>De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el:
>>>
>>>
>>jueves, 07
>>
>>
>>>de octubre de 2004 15:31
>>>Para: Struts Users Mailing List
>>>Asunto: Re: cleaning session
>>>
>>>
>>>I think a good place to start would be to start a list of
>>>
>>>
>>situations or
>>
>>
>>>use cases encountered where this type of device was implemented or
>>>needed (not just with "wizards", but with session attributes
>>>
>>>
>>in general
>>
>>
>>>I think). Then we could look at the list after a while and
>>>
>>>
>>see what all
>>
>>
>>>or many of the entries have in common -- try to recognize a pattern.
>>>Then maybe we could try to create a class that solves the common
>>>problem
>>>-- one that could be inserted into a filter, a request processor, or
>>>whatever, making it generically applicable (Struts or not).
>>>
>>>
>>I would be
>>
>>
>>>willing to contribute if it caught on, because I certainly have
>>>encountered a need for this more than once.
>>>
>>>For example, I recently I finished a Struts application that had an
>>>area (a set of pages/commands) for "vendors". One of the things a
>>>vendor could do was search for an item, and then upload files to
>>>"attach" to that item (such as photographs). So the
>>>
>>>
>>ActionForm used for
>>
>>
>>>the file upload screen not only kept track of the normal properties
>>>associated with file uploading, but also the item. The item,
>>>
>>>
>>in turn,
>>
>>
>>>housed a collection of attributes describing every file currently
>>>attached to that item. So when you viewed the upload screen,
>>>
>>>
>>you could
>>
>>
>>>see all the existing uploads, and the details about the item
>>>
>>>
>>you were working with.
>>
>>
>>>Even though 

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-08 Thread Erik Weber
I can't promise when, but whenever I find myself working on it again, 
I'll try to remember to contact you guys, or at least I'll repost. Right 
now I'm working on Swing stuff, but I'll be doing another web app soon, 
and maybe I can try something better then.

Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
Ok guys,
Don't want to be the party-booer, but since we have kind of agreed to some
point, shouldn't it be better to move this discussion off this usergroup?
Whoever takes the initiative, please send me the new location.
Cheers all,
Freddy.
-Mensaje original-
De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 16:51
Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Asunto: RE: cleaning session
Don't put this example under Apache License then. ;-)
Or have it patented (with the new patent laws in Europe no problem).
Hiran (getting offtopic)
-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99

 

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 15:33
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
Yes, that is a good example.
My only requirement here is that no one from STANDARDS BANK
may ever make use of it.
:)
Erik

Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
   

There is another typical example:
You have a search screen. after performing a search, you
 

select one of
   

the items in order to... say... edit it. You go to the
 

edition screen
   

(form) and, once you've concluded working with that item (typically:
saved, deleted or canceled), you return to the search screen, where
you'd see the (refreshed version of the) last search
 

results' table (to
   

keep it simple, don't even assume there is pagination).

-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el:
 

jueves, 07
   

de octubre de 2004 15:31
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
I think a good place to start would be to start a list of
 

situations or
   

use cases encountered where this type of device was implemented or
needed (not just with "wizards", but with session attributes
 

in general
   

I think). Then we could look at the list after a while and
 

see what all
   

or many of the entries have in common -- try to recognize a pattern.
Then maybe we could try to create a class that solves the common
problem
-- one that could be inserted into a filter, a request processor, or
whatever, making it generically applicable (Struts or not).
 

I would be
   

willing to contribute if it caught on, because I certainly have
encountered a need for this more than once.
For example, I recently I finished a Struts application that had an
area (a set of pages/commands) for "vendors". One of the things a
vendor could do was search for an item, and then upload files to
"attach" to that item (such as photographs). So the
 

ActionForm used for
   

the file upload screen not only kept track of the normal properties
associated with file uploading, but also the item. The item,
 

in turn,
   

housed a collection of attributes describing every file currently
attached to that item. So when you viewed the upload screen,
 

you could
   

see all the existing uploads, and the details about the item
 

you were working with.
   

Even though it wasn't a proper "wizard", I decided to keep
 

the form in
   

session scope, because users could make mistakes (such as invalid
input) and continually end up back at the screen. I didn't
 

want to keep
   

reloading the item and all the existing file info every time
 

the page
   

was needed. So I ended up writing a "cleanup" method in a
 

base Action
   

class that got rid of the form when it figured that the vendor was
probably finished using the file upload area (such as when
 

he returned
   

"home").
Probably you guys have far better examples, but that's just
 

one off the
   

top of my head.
And XML is almost always good.
Erik

Freddy Villalba A. wrote:

 

Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do
believe though that the more framework-independent the solution is,
the better. So, my thought:
Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly
   

define your wizards?
   

In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on
   

several wizards
   

(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in
order to determine what's to be cleansed an what not.
What do you think?
-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado
   

el: jueves,
   

07 de octu

RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Freddy Villalba A.
Ok guys,

Don't want to be the party-booer, but since we have kind of agreed to some
point, shouldn't it be better to move this discussion off this usergroup?

Whoever takes the initiative, please send me the new location.

Cheers all,
Freddy.

-Mensaje original-
De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 16:51
Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Asunto: RE: cleaning session


Don't put this example under Apache License then. ;-)
Or have it patented (with the new patent laws in Europe no problem).

Hiran (getting offtopic)

-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99




> -Original Message-
> From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 15:33
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: cleaning session
>
> Yes, that is a good example.
>
> My only requirement here is that no one from STANDARDS BANK
> may ever make use of it.
>
> :)
>
> Erik
>
>
>
> Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
>
> >There is another typical example:
> >
> >You have a search screen. after performing a search, you
> select one of
> >the items in order to... say... edit it. You go to the
> edition screen
> >(form) and, once you've concluded working with that item (typically:
> >saved, deleted or canceled), you return to the search screen, where
> >you'd see the (refreshed version of the) last search
> results' table (to
> >keep it simple, don't even assume there is pagination).
> >
> >
> >
> >-Mensaje original-
> >De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el:
> jueves, 07
> >de octubre de 2004 15:31
> >Para: Struts Users Mailing List
> >Asunto: Re: cleaning session
> >
> >
> >I think a good place to start would be to start a list of
> situations or
> >use cases encountered where this type of device was implemented or
> >needed (not just with "wizards", but with session attributes
> in general
> >I think). Then we could look at the list after a while and
> see what all
> >or many of the entries have in common -- try to recognize a pattern.
> >Then maybe we could try to create a class that solves the common
> >problem
> >-- one that could be inserted into a filter, a request processor, or
> >whatever, making it generically applicable (Struts or not).
> I would be
> >willing to contribute if it caught on, because I certainly have
> >encountered a need for this more than once.
> >
> >For example, I recently I finished a Struts application that had an
> >area (a set of pages/commands) for "vendors". One of the things a
> >vendor could do was search for an item, and then upload files to
> >"attach" to that item (such as photographs). So the
> ActionForm used for
> >the file upload screen not only kept track of the normal properties
> >associated with file uploading, but also the item. The item,
> in turn,
> >housed a collection of attributes describing every file currently
> >attached to that item. So when you viewed the upload screen,
> you could
> >see all the existing uploads, and the details about the item
> you were working with.
> >Even though it wasn't a proper "wizard", I decided to keep
> the form in
> >session scope, because users could make mistakes (such as invalid
> >input) and continually end up back at the screen. I didn't
> want to keep
> >reloading the item and all the existing file info every time
> the page
> >was needed. So I ended up writing a "cleanup" method in a
> base Action
> >class that got rid of the form when it figured that the vendor was
> >probably finished using the file upload area (such as when
> he returned
> >"home").
> >
> >Probably you guys have far better examples, but that's just
> one off the
> >top of my head.
> >
> >And XML is almost always good.
> >
> >Erik
> >
> >
> >
> >Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do
> >>believe though that the more framework-independent the solution is,
> >>the better. So, my thought:
> >>
> >>Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly
> define your wizards?
> >>In that way:
> >>(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
> >>(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on
> several wizard

RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Hiran.Chaudhuri
Don't put this example under Apache License then. ;-)
Or have it patented (with the new patent laws in Europe no problem).

Hiran (getting offtopic)

-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


 

> -Original Message-
> From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 15:33
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: cleaning session
> 
> Yes, that is a good example.
> 
> My only requirement here is that no one from STANDARDS BANK 
> may ever make use of it.
> 
> :)
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> 
> Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
> 
> >There is another typical example:
> >
> >You have a search screen. after performing a search, you 
> select one of 
> >the items in order to... say... edit it. You go to the 
> edition screen 
> >(form) and, once you've concluded working with that item (typically: 
> >saved, deleted or canceled), you return to the search screen, where 
> >you'd see the (refreshed version of the) last search 
> results' table (to 
> >keep it simple, don't even assume there is pagination).
> >
> >
> >
> >-Mensaje original-
> >De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: 
> jueves, 07 
> >de octubre de 2004 15:31
> >Para: Struts Users Mailing List
> >Asunto: Re: cleaning session
> >
> >
> >I think a good place to start would be to start a list of 
> situations or 
> >use cases encountered where this type of device was implemented or 
> >needed (not just with "wizards", but with session attributes 
> in general 
> >I think). Then we could look at the list after a while and 
> see what all 
> >or many of the entries have in common -- try to recognize a pattern.
> >Then maybe we could try to create a class that solves the common 
> >problem
> >-- one that could be inserted into a filter, a request processor, or 
> >whatever, making it generically applicable (Struts or not). 
> I would be 
> >willing to contribute if it caught on, because I certainly have 
> >encountered a need for this more than once.
> >
> >For example, I recently I finished a Struts application that had an 
> >area (a set of pages/commands) for "vendors". One of the things a 
> >vendor could do was search for an item, and then upload files to 
> >"attach" to that item (such as photographs). So the 
> ActionForm used for 
> >the file upload screen not only kept track of the normal properties 
> >associated with file uploading, but also the item. The item, 
> in turn, 
> >housed a collection of attributes describing every file currently 
> >attached to that item. So when you viewed the upload screen, 
> you could 
> >see all the existing uploads, and the details about the item 
> you were working with.
> >Even though it wasn't a proper "wizard", I decided to keep 
> the form in 
> >session scope, because users could make mistakes (such as invalid 
> >input) and continually end up back at the screen. I didn't 
> want to keep 
> >reloading the item and all the existing file info every time 
> the page 
> >was needed. So I ended up writing a "cleanup" method in a 
> base Action 
> >class that got rid of the form when it figured that the vendor was 
> >probably finished using the file upload area (such as when 
> he returned 
> >"home").
> >
> >Probably you guys have far better examples, but that's just 
> one off the 
> >top of my head.
> >
> >And XML is almost always good.
> >
> >Erik
> >
> >
> >
> >Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do 
> >>believe though that the more framework-independent the solution is, 
> >>the better. So, my thought:
> >>
> >>Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly 
> define your wizards?
> >>In that way:
> >>(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
> >>(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on 
> several wizards 
> >>(without having to replicate them).
> >>(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in 
> >>order to determine what's to be cleansed an what not.
> >>
> >>What do you think?
> >>
> >>-Mensaje original-
> >>De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado 

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Erik Weber
Yes, that is a good example.
My only requirement here is that no one from STANDARDS BANK may ever 
make use of it.

:)
Erik

Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
There is another typical example:
You have a search screen. after performing a search, you select one of the
items in order to... say... edit it. You go to the edition screen (form)
and, once you've concluded working with that item (typically: saved, deleted
or canceled), you return to the search screen, where you'd see the
(refreshed version of the) last search results' table (to keep it simple,
don't even assume there is pagination).

-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 15:31
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
I think a good place to start would be to start a list of situations or
use cases encountered where this type of device was implemented or
needed (not just with "wizards", but with session attributes in general
I think). Then we could look at the list after a while and see what all
or many of the entries have in common -- try to recognize a pattern.
Then maybe we could try to create a class that solves the common problem
-- one that could be inserted into a filter, a request processor, or
whatever, making it generically applicable (Struts or not). I would be
willing to contribute if it caught on, because I certainly have
encountered a need for this more than once.
For example, I recently I finished a Struts application that had an area
(a set of pages/commands) for "vendors". One of the things a vendor
could do was search for an item, and then upload files to "attach" to
that item (such as photographs). So the ActionForm used for the file
upload screen not only kept track of the normal properties associated
with file uploading, but also the item. The item, in turn, housed a
collection of attributes describing every file currently attached to
that item. So when you viewed the upload screen, you could see all the
existing uploads, and the details about the item you were working with.
Even though it wasn't a proper "wizard", I decided to keep the form in
session scope, because users could make mistakes (such as invalid input)
and continually end up back at the screen. I didn't want to keep
reloading the item and all the existing file info every time the page
was needed. So I ended up writing a "cleanup" method in a base Action
class that got rid of the form when it figured that the vendor was
probably finished using the file upload area (such as when he returned
"home").
Probably you guys have far better examples, but that's just one off the
top of my head.
And XML is almost always good.
Erik

Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
 

Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do believe
though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the better. So,
my thought:
Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your wizards?
In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in order to
determine what's to be cleansed an what not.
What do you think?
-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
yourself.
Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.
Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   

Hi, Erik and Freddz.
I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon as it's
 

scope is left.
   

How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL subdirectory.
 

Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves in the
session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could
   

remove
 

all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
directory.
   

This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
Hiran
-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99



 

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mai

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Erik Weber

Vinicius Carvalho wrote:
Erik Weber wrote:

Vinicius Carvalho wrote:
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do 
believe
though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the 
better. So,
my thought:

Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your 
wizards?
In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in 
order to
determine what's to be cleansed an what not.

What do you think?
-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
yourself.
Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store 
references
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.

Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Hi, Erik and Freddz.
I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon 
as it's
  

scope is left.
 

How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL 
subdirectory.
  

Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard 
leaves in the
session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter 
could remove
all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
directory.
 

This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
Hiran
-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


 

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been
gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a
"session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up
stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It
could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world
of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I
have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked
before any request handlers.
Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:

  

Hi,
I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts),
  

but this is
  

the first thing I can think of...
Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear
graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or
  

intersections and / or
  

parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by
  

"tagging" the pages it is made of...
  

then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your
getting into one and your leaving it. Once it detects
  

someone's left a
  

wizard, and knowing its components, it could have them
  

cleaned off the
  

corresponding Session.
I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the 
graph is
not linear.

I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
HTH,
Freddy.
-Mensaje original-----
De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Asunto: RE: cleaning session
That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset
  

method. Reset
  

is there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit
  

checkbox fields
  

(they don't submit anything if they are null).
Paul


    

-----Original Message-
From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you just



call reset
  

whenever a user clicks on the button supposed to start this 
wizard?


--- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:

  

Hello everyone,
I am facing this problem of session. I have my action form in
session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user starts filling in
values  and clicks on the NEXT button, to go on to the next 
screen
and then instead of completing the process of application,

  


clicks on
  

some other link.
Again he wants to start with the application process, the form 
get
pre-populated with the previous values, as the form in still in
session. I want a 

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Vinicius Carvalho
Erik Weber wrote:

Vinicius Carvalho wrote:
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do 
believe
though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the 
better. So,
my thought:

Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your 
wizards?
In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in 
order to
determine what's to be cleansed an what not.

What do you think?
-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
yourself.
Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.
Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Hi, Erik and Freddz.
I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon 
as it's
  

scope is left.
 

How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL 
subdirectory.
  

Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves 
in the
session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter 
could remove
all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
directory.
 

This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
Hiran
-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


 

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been
gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a
"session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up
stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It
could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world
of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I
have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked
before any request handlers.
Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:

   

Hi,
I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts),
  

but this is
   

the first thing I can think of...
Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear
graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or
  

intersections and / or
   

parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by
  

"tagging" the pages it is made of...
   

then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your
getting into one and your leaving it. Once it detects
  

someone's left a
   

wizard, and knowing its components, it could have them
  

cleaned off the
   

corresponding Session.
I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is
not linear.
I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
HTH,
Freddy.
-Mensaje original-----
De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Asunto: RE: cleaning session
That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset
  

method. Reset
   

is there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit
  

checkbox fields
   

(they don't submit anything if they are null).
Paul


     

-----Original Message-
From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you just


call reset
   

whenever a user clicks on the button supposed to start this wizard?

--- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:

   

Hello everyone,
I am facing this problem of session. I have my action form in
session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user starts filling in
values  and clicks on the NEXT button, to go on to the next screen
and then instead of completing the process of application,
  

clicks on
   

some other link.
Again he wants to start with the application process, the form get
pre-populated with the previous values, as the form in still in
session. I want a clean form.
How 

RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Freddy Villalba A.
There is another typical example:

You have a search screen. after performing a search, you select one of the
items in order to... say... edit it. You go to the edition screen (form)
and, once you've concluded working with that item (typically: saved, deleted
or canceled), you return to the search screen, where you'd see the
(refreshed version of the) last search results' table (to keep it simple,
don't even assume there is pagination).



-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 15:31
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session


I think a good place to start would be to start a list of situations or
use cases encountered where this type of device was implemented or
needed (not just with "wizards", but with session attributes in general
I think). Then we could look at the list after a while and see what all
or many of the entries have in common -- try to recognize a pattern.
Then maybe we could try to create a class that solves the common problem
-- one that could be inserted into a filter, a request processor, or
whatever, making it generically applicable (Struts or not). I would be
willing to contribute if it caught on, because I certainly have
encountered a need for this more than once.

For example, I recently I finished a Struts application that had an area
(a set of pages/commands) for "vendors". One of the things a vendor
could do was search for an item, and then upload files to "attach" to
that item (such as photographs). So the ActionForm used for the file
upload screen not only kept track of the normal properties associated
with file uploading, but also the item. The item, in turn, housed a
collection of attributes describing every file currently attached to
that item. So when you viewed the upload screen, you could see all the
existing uploads, and the details about the item you were working with.
Even though it wasn't a proper "wizard", I decided to keep the form in
session scope, because users could make mistakes (such as invalid input)
and continually end up back at the screen. I didn't want to keep
reloading the item and all the existing file info every time the page
was needed. So I ended up writing a "cleanup" method in a base Action
class that got rid of the form when it figured that the vendor was
probably finished using the file upload area (such as when he returned
"home").

Probably you guys have far better examples, but that's just one off the
top of my head.

And XML is almost always good.

Erik



Freddy Villalba A. wrote:

>Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do believe
>though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the better. So,
>my thought:
>
>Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your wizards?
>In that way:
>(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
>(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
>(without having to replicate them).
>(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in order to
>determine what's to be cleansed an what not.
>
>What do you think?
>
>-Mensaje original-
>De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
>Para: Struts Users Mailing List
>Asunto: Re: cleaning session
>
>
>Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
>yourself.
>
>Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
>can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references
>to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
>beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
>returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
>freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
>write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
>feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.
>
>Erik
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi, Erik and Freddz.
>>
>>I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon as it's
>>
>>
>scope is left.
>
>
>>How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL subdirectory.
>>
>>
>Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves in the
>session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could
remove
>all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
>directory.
>
>
>>This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
>>
>>Hiran
>>
>>-
>>Hiran Chaudhuri
>>SAG Sys

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Erik Weber

Vinicius Carvalho wrote:
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do 
believe
though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the 
better. So,
my thought:

Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your 
wizards?
In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in 
order to
determine what's to be cleansed an what not.

What do you think?
-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
yourself.
Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.
Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Hi, Erik and Freddz.
I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon 
as it's
  
scope is left.
 

How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL 
subdirectory.
  
Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves 
in the
session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could 
remove
all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
directory.
 

This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
Hiran
-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


  

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been
gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a
"session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up
stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It
could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world
of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I
have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked
before any request handlers.
Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:



Hi,
I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts),
  
but this is


the first thing I can think of...
Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear
graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or
  
intersections and / or


parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by
  
"tagging" the pages it is made of...


then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your
getting into one and your leaving it. Once it detects
  
someone's left a


wizard, and knowing its components, it could have them
  
cleaned off the


corresponding Session.
I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is
not linear.
I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
HTH,
Freddy.
-Mensaje original-----
De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Asunto: RE: cleaning session
That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset
  
method. Reset


is there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit
  
checkbox fields


(they don't submit anything if they are null).
Paul


      

-----Original Message-
From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you just


call reset


whenever a user clicks on the button supposed to start this wizard?

--- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:



Hello everyone,
I am facing this problem of session. I have my action form in
session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user starts filling in
values  and clicks on the NEXT button, to go on to the next screen
and then instead of completing the process of application,
  

clicks on


some other link.
Again he wants to start with the application process, the form get
pre-populated with the previous values, as the form in still in
session. I want a clean form.
How 

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Erik Weber
I think a good place to start would be to start a list of situations or 
use cases encountered where this type of device was implemented or 
needed (not just with "wizards", but with session attributes in general 
I think). Then we could look at the list after a while and see what all 
or many of the entries have in common -- try to recognize a pattern. 
Then maybe we could try to create a class that solves the common problem 
-- one that could be inserted into a filter, a request processor, or 
whatever, making it generically applicable (Struts or not). I would be 
willing to contribute if it caught on, because I certainly have 
encountered a need for this more than once.

For example, I recently I finished a Struts application that had an area 
(a set of pages/commands) for "vendors". One of the things a vendor 
could do was search for an item, and then upload files to "attach" to 
that item (such as photographs). So the ActionForm used for the file 
upload screen not only kept track of the normal properties associated 
with file uploading, but also the item. The item, in turn, housed a 
collection of attributes describing every file currently attached to 
that item. So when you viewed the upload screen, you could see all the 
existing uploads, and the details about the item you were working with. 
Even though it wasn't a proper "wizard", I decided to keep the form in 
session scope, because users could make mistakes (such as invalid input) 
and continually end up back at the screen. I didn't want to keep 
reloading the item and all the existing file info every time the page 
was needed. So I ended up writing a "cleanup" method in a base Action 
class that got rid of the form when it figured that the vendor was 
probably finished using the file upload area (such as when he returned 
"home").

Probably you guys have far better examples, but that's just one off the 
top of my head.

And XML is almost always good.
Erik

Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do believe
though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the better. So,
my thought:
Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your wizards?
In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in order to
determine what's to be cleansed an what not.
What do you think?
-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
yourself.
Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.
Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Hi, Erik and Freddz.
I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon as it's
   

scope is left.
 

How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL subdirectory.
   

Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves in the
session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could remove
all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
directory.
 

This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
Hiran
-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


   

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been
gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a
"session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up
stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It
could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world
of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I
have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked
before any request handlers.
Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:

 

Hi,
I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts),
   

but this is
 

the first thing I can think of...
Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this,

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Vinicius Carvalho
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do believe
though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the better. So,
my thought:
Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your wizards?
In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in order to
determine what's to be cleansed an what not.
What do you think?
-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session
Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
yourself.
Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.
Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Hi, Erik and Freddz.
I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon as it's
   

scope is left.
 

How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL subdirectory.
   

Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves in the
session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could remove
all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
directory.
 

This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
Hiran
-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


   

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been
gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a
"session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up
stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It
could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world
of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I
have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked
before any request handlers.
Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:

 

Hi,
I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts),
   

but this is
 

the first thing I can think of...
Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear
graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or
   

intersections and / or
 

parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by
   

"tagging" the pages it is made of...
 

then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your
getting into one and your leaving it. Once it detects
   

someone's left a
 

wizard, and knowing its components, it could have them
   

cleaned off the
 

corresponding Session.
I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is
not linear.
I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
HTH,
Freddy.
-Mensaje original-----
De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Asunto: RE: cleaning session
That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset
   

method. Reset
 

is there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit
   

checkbox fields
 

(they don't submit anything if they are null).
Paul


   

-----Original Message-
From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you just
 

call reset
 

whenever a user clicks on the button supposed to start this wizard?

--- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:

 

Hello everyone,
I am facing this problem of session. I have my action form in
session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user starts filling in
values  and clicks on the NEXT button, to go on to the next screen
and then instead of completing the process of application,
   

clicks on
 

some other link.
Again he wants to start with the application process, the form get
pre-populated with the previous values, as the form in still in
session. I want a clean form.
How 

RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Hiran.Chaudhuri
Also sounds good. Especially the decoupling of a resource location and usage is what 
Struts tries to do with actions and forwards etc. I see this pattern reused in your 
idea. Plus the possibility of sharing resources. I like this idea.

Hiran

-
Hiran Chaudhuri
SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


 

> -Original Message-
> From: Freddy Villalba A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 12:56
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: RE: cleaning session
> 
> Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing 
> to, I do believe though that the more framework-independent 
> the solution is, the better. So, my thought:
> 
> Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define 
> your wizards?
> In that way:
> (1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
> (2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several 
> wizards (without having to replicate them).
> (3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode 
> anything in order to determine what's to be cleansed an what not.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> -Mensaje original-
> De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: 
> jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
> Para: Struts Users Mailing List
> Asunto: Re: cleaning session
> 
> 
> Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it 
> easier on yourself.
> 
> Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a 
> single key can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you 
> can store references to many objects under a single attribute 
> key (using structured/nested beans, maps, etc.). Delete the 
> single attribute (perhaps when a user returns to a main view) 
> and you delete the entire tree of references, freeing up all 
> that memory with one statement and without having to write 
> too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is 
> feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> >Hi, Erik and Freddz.
> >
> >I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned 
> as soon as 
> >it's
> scope is left.
> >How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL 
> subdirectory.
> Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard 
> leaves in the session. If a http request comes for an url, 
> the janitor filter could remove all wizard's session 
> resources that do not match the current request's directory.
> >This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
> >
> >Hiran
> >
> >-
> >Hiran Chaudhuri
> >SAG Systemhaus GmbH
> >Elsenheimer Straße 11
> >80867 München
> >Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
> >Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-Original Message-
> >>From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
> >>To: Struts Users Mailing List
> >>Subject: Re: cleaning session
> >>
> >>This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been gradually 
> >>developing a "session manager" or perhaps a "session janitor" that 
> >>watches/tracks workflow and cleans up stuff from memory 
> (session) that 
> >>isn't needed anymore. It could be a filter or a custom request 
> >>processor in the world of Struts. Since I most often use my own 
> >>controller Servlet I have my own place to put it, but basically, it 
> >>gets invoked before any request handlers.
> >>
> >>Erik
> >>
> >>
> >>Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts),
> >>>
> >>>
> >>but this is
> >>
> >>
> >>>the first thing I can think of...
> >>>
> >>>Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear 
> >>>graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or
> >>>
> >>>
> >>intersections and / or
> >>
> >>
> >>>parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by
> >>>
> >>>
> >>"tagging" the pages it is made of...
> >>
> >>
> >>>then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your 
> >>>getting into

RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Freddy Villalba A.
Well guys, although on the same direction you are pointing to, I do believe
though that the more framework-independent the solution is, the better. So,
my thought:

Why not have a XML descriptor where you can explicitly define your wizards?
In that way:
(1) No matter where your resources are, they'll get cleansed.
(2) You'll be able to reuse resources at free will on several wizards
(without having to replicate them).
(3) You won't have to set up any structure or hardcode anything in order to
determine what's to be cleansed an what not.

What do you think?

-Mensaje original-
De: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 13:26
Para: Struts Users Mailing List
Asunto: Re: cleaning session


Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on
yourself.

Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references,
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.

Erik


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Hi, Erik and Freddz.
>
>I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon as it's
scope is left.
>How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL subdirectory.
Have a similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves in the
session. If a http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could remove
all wizard's session resources that do not match the current request's
directory.
>This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
>
>Hiran
>
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>SAG Systemhaus GmbH
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>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
>>To: Struts Users Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: cleaning session
>>
>>This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been
>>gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a
>>"session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up
>>stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It
>>could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world
>>of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I
>>have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked
>>before any request handlers.
>>
>>Erik
>>
>>
>>Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts),
>>>
>>>
>>but this is
>>
>>
>>>the first thing I can think of...
>>>
>>>Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear
>>>graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or
>>>
>>>
>>intersections and / or
>>
>>
>>>parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by
>>>
>>>
>>"tagging" the pages it is made of...
>>
>>
>>>then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your
>>>getting into one and your leaving it. Once it detects
>>>
>>>
>>someone's left a
>>
>>
>>>wizard, and knowing its components, it could have them
>>>
>>>
>>cleaned off the
>>
>>
>>>corresponding Session.
>>>
>>>I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is
>>>not linear.
>>>
>>>I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>Freddy.
>>>
>>>-Mensaje original-
>>>De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
>>>Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
>>>Asunto: RE: cleaning session
>>>
>>>
>>>That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset
>>>
>>>
>>method. Reset
>>
>>
>>>is there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit
>>>
>>>
>>checkbox fields
>>
>>
>>>(they don't submit anything if they are null).
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>
>>>
>>&g

Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Erik Weber
Yeah, "similar naming convention" is the key to making it easier on 
yourself.

Also, as I tried to suggest once before (in a riddle -- "a single key 
can open many doors" -- ha ha ha grasshoppah), you can store references 
to many objects under a single attribute key (using structured/nested 
beans, maps, etc.). Delete the single attribute (perhaps when a user 
returns to a main view) and you delete the entire tree of references, 
freeing up all that memory with one statement and without having to 
write too much conditional code. I'm not sure if this strategy is 
feasible with Struts session-scoped forms though.

Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Erik and Freddz.
I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon as it's scope is 
left.
How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL subdirectory. Have a 
similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves in the session. If a 
http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could remove all wizard's session 
resources that do not match the current request's directory.
This way the janitor could be fairly generic.
Hiran
-
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SAG Systemhaus GmbH
Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99

 

-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session

This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been 
gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a 
"session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up 
stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It 
could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world 
of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I 
have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked 
before any request handlers.

Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
   

Hi,
I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts), 
 

but this is 
   

the first thing I can think of...
Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear 
graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or 
 

intersections and / or 
   

parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by 
 

"tagging" the pages it is made of...
   

then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your 
getting into one and your leaving it. Once it detects 
 

someone's left a 
   

wizard, and knowing its components, it could have them 
 

cleaned off the 
   

corresponding Session.
I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is 
not linear.

I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
HTH,
Freddy.
-Mensaje original-
De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Asunto: RE: cleaning session
That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset 
 

method. Reset 
   

is there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit 
 

checkbox fields 
   

(they don't submit anything if they are null).
Paul

 

-Original Message-----
From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you just 
   

call reset 
   

whenever a user clicks on the button supposed to start this wizard?

--- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
  

   

Hello everyone,
I am facing this problem of session. I have my action form in 
session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user starts filling in 
values  and clicks on the NEXT button, to go on to the next screen 
and then instead of completing the process of application, 
 

clicks on 
   

some other link.
Again he wants to start with the application process, the form get 
pre-populated with the previous values, as the form in still in 
session. I want a clean form.
How to overcome this problem???
Any ideas???
Thanks.


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RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Hiran.Chaudhuri
Hi, Erik and Freddz.

I like the idea of having a wizard whose data gets cleaned as soon as it's scope is 
left.
How about this: Have all resources for one wizard in a URL subdirectory. Have a 
similar naming convention for the resources the wizard leaves in the session. If a 
http request comes for an url, the janitor filter could remove all wizard's session 
resources that do not match the current request's directory.
This way the janitor could be fairly generic.

Hiran

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Elsenheimer Straße 11
80867 München
Phone +49-89-54 74 21 34
Fax   +49-89-54 74 21 99


 

> -Original Message-
> From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 11:55
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: cleaning session
> 
> This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been 
> gradually developing a "session manager" or perhaps a 
> "session janitor" that watches/tracks workflow and cleans up 
> stuff from memory (session) that isn't needed anymore. It 
> could be a filter or a custom request processor in the world 
> of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet I 
> have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked 
> before any request handlers.
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts), 
> but this is 
> >the first thing I can think of...
> >
> >Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear 
> >graph - 1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or 
> intersections and / or 
> >parallelism), you could "define" your "workflow" by 
> "tagging" the pages it is made of...
> >then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your 
> >getting into one and your leaving it. Once it detects 
> someone's left a 
> >wizard, and knowing its components, it could have them 
> cleaned off the 
> >corresponding Session.
> >
> >I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is 
> >not linear.
> >
> >I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
> >
> >HTH,
> >Freddy.
> >
> >-Mensaje original-
> >De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
> >Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> >Asunto: RE: cleaning session
> >
> >
> >That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset 
> method. Reset 
> >is there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit 
> checkbox fields 
> >(they don't submit anything if they are null).
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-Original Message-
> >>From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
> >>To: Struts Users Mailing List
> >>Subject: Re: cleaning session
> >>
> >>
> >>If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you just 
> call reset 
> >>whenever a user clicks on the button supposed to start this wizard?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello everyone,
> >>>I am facing this problem of session. I have my action form in 
> >>>session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user starts filling in 
> >>>values  and clicks on the NEXT button, to go on to the next screen 
> >>>and then instead of completing the process of application, 
> clicks on 
> >>>some other link.
> >>>Again he wants to start with the application process, the form get 
> >>>pre-populated with the previous values, as the form in still in 
> >>>session. I want a clean form.
> >>>How to overcome this problem???
> >>>Any ideas???
> >>>Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>
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Re: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Erik Weber
This is similar to what I usually implement. I have been gradually 
developing a "session manager" or perhaps a "session janitor" that 
watches/tracks workflow and cleans up stuff from memory (session) that 
isn't needed anymore. It could be a filter or a custom request processor 
in the world of Struts. Since I most often use my own controller Servlet 
I have my own place to put it, but basically, it gets invoked before any 
request handlers.

Erik
Freddy Villalba A. wrote:
Hi,
I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts), but this is the
first thing I can think of...
Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear graph -
1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or intersections and / or parallelism),
you could "define" your "workflow" by "tagging" the pages it is made of...
then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your getting
into one and your leaving it. Once it detects someone's left a wizard, and
knowing its components, it could have them cleaned off the corresponding
Session.
I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is not
linear.
I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).
HTH,
Freddy.
-Mensaje original-
De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Asunto: RE: cleaning session
That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset method. Reset is
there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit checkbox fields (they
don't submit anything if they are null).
Paul
 

-Original Message-
From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: cleaning session
If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you
just call reset whenever a user clicks on the button
supposed to start this wizard?

--- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
   

Hello everyone,
I am facing this problem of session. I have my
action
form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the
user
starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
button, to go on to the next screen and then instead
of completing the process of application, clicks on
some other link.
Again he wants to start with the application
process,
the form get pre-populated with the previous values,
as the form in still in session. I want a clean
form.
How to overcome this problem???
Any ideas???
Thanks.

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RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Freddy Villalba A.
Hi,

I have never implemented anything like this (with Struts), but this is the
first thing I can think of...

Assuming your wizard is one-way (by this, I mean you have a linear graph -
1<->2<->3... -, no bifurcations and /or intersections and / or parallelism),
you could "define" your "workflow" by "tagging" the pages it is made of...
then, manage the wizard from a filter that is able to detect your getting
into one and your leaving it. Once it detects someone's left a wizard, and
knowing its components, it could have them cleaned off the corresponding
Session.

I believe, however, that this approach wouldn't work if the graph is not
linear.

I'll be glad to here your feedback (everybody).

HTH,
Freddy.

-Mensaje original-
De: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enviado el: jueves, 07 de octubre de 2004 10:27
Para: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Asunto: RE: cleaning session


That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset method. Reset is
there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit checkbox fields (they
don't submit anything if they are null).

Paul

> -Original Message-
> From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: cleaning session
>
>
> If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you
> just call reset whenever a user clicks on the button
> supposed to start this wizard?
>
>
>
>  --- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
> > Hello everyone,
> > I am facing this problem of session. I have my
> > action
> > form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the
> > user
> > starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
> > button, to go on to the next screen and then instead
> > of completing the process of application, clicks on
> > some other link.
> > Again he wants to start with the application
> > process,
> > the form get pre-populated with the previous values,
> > as the form in still in session. I want a clean
> > form.
> > How to overcome this problem???
> > Any ideas???
> > Thanks.
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RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Paul McCulloch
What a nonsense sentence! What I meant to say was:

That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset method. Reset is
there to, typically, deal with the way html forms submit checkbox fields
(they don't submit anything if they are null).

Paul

> -Original Message-
> From: Paul McCulloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:27 AM
> To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: cleaning session
> 
> 
> That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset 
> method. Reset is
> there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit checkbox 
> fields (they
> don't submit anything if they are null).
> 
> Paul
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: cleaning session
> > 
> > 
> > If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you
> > just call reset whenever a user clicks on the button
> > supposed to start this wizard?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  --- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: 
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> > > I am facing this problem of session. I have my
> > > action
> > > form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the
> > > user
> > > starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
> > > button, to go on to the next screen and then instead
> > > of completing the process of application, clicks on
> > > some other link.
> > > Again he wants to start with the application
> > > process,
> > > the form get pre-populated with the previous values,
> > > as the form in still in session. I want a clean
> > > form.
> > > How to overcome this problem???
> > > Any ideas???
> > > Thanks. 
> > > 
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RE: cleaning session

2004-10-07 Thread Paul McCulloch
That isn't the purpose of the (confusingly named) reset method. Reset is
there to, typically, deal with the html forms submit checkbox fields (they
don't submit anything if they are null).

Paul

> -Original Message-
> From: Leandro Melo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:43 PM
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> Subject: Re: cleaning session
> 
> 
> If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you
> just call reset whenever a user clicks on the button
> supposed to start this wizard?
> 
> 
> 
>  --- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: 
> > Hello everyone,
> > I am facing this problem of session. I have my
> > action
> > form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the
> > user
> > starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
> > button, to go on to the next screen and then instead
> > of completing the process of application, clicks on
> > some other link.
> > Again he wants to start with the application
> > process,
> > the form get pre-populated with the previous values,
> > as the form in still in session. I want a clean
> > form.
> > How to overcome this problem???
> > Any ideas???
> > Thanks. 
> > 
> > 
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Re: cleaning session

2004-10-06 Thread Leandro Melo
If you have your action in HttpSession, why don`t you
just call reset whenever a user clicks on the button
supposed to start this wizard?



 --- struts lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: 
> Hello everyone,
> I am facing this problem of session. I have my
> action
> form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the
> user
> starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
> button, to go on to the next screen and then instead
> of completing the process of application, clicks on
> some other link.
> Again he wants to start with the application
> process,
> the form get pre-populated with the previous values,
> as the form in still in session. I want a clean
> form.
> How to overcome this problem???
> Any ideas???
> Thanks. 
> 
> 
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RE: cleaning session

2004-10-06 Thread struts lover
Thanks Paul. :)

--- Paul McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> I have a specific action which destroys the
> existsing form bean and then
> recreates it based on struts-config. 
> 
> See:
>
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=struts-user&m=109351495917793&w=2
> 
> Paul
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: struts lover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:04 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: cleaning session
> > 
> > 
> > Hello everyone,
> > I am facing this problem of session. I have my
> action
> > form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the
> user
> > starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
> > button, to go on to the next screen and then
> instead
> > of completing the process of application, clicks
> on
> > some other link.
> > Again he wants to start with the application
> process,
> > the form get pre-populated with the previous
> values,
> > as the form in still in session. I want a clean
> form.
> > How to overcome this problem???
> > Any ideas???
> > Thanks. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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RE: cleaning session

2004-10-06 Thread Paul McCulloch
I have a specific action which destroys the existsing form bean and then
recreates it based on struts-config. 

See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=struts-user&m=109351495917793&w=2

Paul

> -Original Message-
> From: struts lover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: cleaning session
> 
> 
> Hello everyone,
> I am facing this problem of session. I have my action
> form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user
> starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
> button, to go on to the next screen and then instead
> of completing the process of application, clicks on
> some other link.
> Again he wants to start with the application process,
> the form get pre-populated with the previous values,
> as the form in still in session. I want a clean form.
> How to overcome this problem???
> Any ideas???
> Thanks. 
> 
> 
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cleaning session

2004-10-06 Thread struts lover
Hello everyone,
I am facing this problem of session. I have my action
form in session(a wizard like thing). Now if the user
starts filling in values  and clicks on the NEXT
button, to go on to the next screen and then instead
of completing the process of application, clicks on
some other link.
Again he wants to start with the application process,
the form get pre-populated with the previous values,
as the form in still in session. I want a clean form.
How to overcome this problem???
Any ideas???
Thanks. 



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