Re: Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ?EOM

2003-10-30 Thread Ted Husted
It's possible that there is some overlap. You might be able to register Commands as HiveMind services. But HiveMind has a much broader scope than Commons Chain. Commons Chain is an implementation of the classic Chain of Command pattern. Period. It has no other scope or aspirations. People can

Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ?EOM

2003-10-29 Thread Vic Cekvenich
Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ? Am I wrong? .V - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ?EOM

2003-10-29 Thread Don Brown
While both concern wiring code together using xml, I think the similarity ends there. Hivemind, from my cursory overview, seems more like another Inversion of Control (IoC) framework like Avalon, PicoContainer, and Spring. It is takes services and manages their dependencies and lifecycle,

Re: Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ?EOM

2003-10-29 Thread Martin Cooper
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Vic Cekvenich wrote: Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ? If you mean in roughly the same way that apples are similar to oranges, then I'd agree with you. ;-) Otherwise, no, I don't see similarity. HiveMind is a services and configuration microkernel or a

Re: Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ?EOM

2003-10-29 Thread Vic Cekvenich
But... the chain has a set of steps that are pre-progrmed, and there was some discusion as to what those steps should be idealy. Yes, it can do return codes but If HiveMind (or an aproach like it) is used to do the chain, then I can easily add interceptors, and alterantice idea for

Re: Struts Chain... seams similar to HiveMind ?EOM

2003-10-29 Thread Don Brown
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Vic Cekvenich wrote: But... the chain has a set of steps that are pre-progrmed, and there was some discusion as to what those steps should be idealy. Yes, it can do return codes but If HiveMind (or an aproach like it) is used to do the chain, then I can easily add