Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-03-02 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
David Geary wrote: > Cedric's got some good ideas here, and I agree with someone else who said he should >be > a committer. > See proposal on STRUTS-DEV. > > Craig? > > david > Craig > > Cedric Dumoulin wrote: > > > Hi David, and everybody, > > > > I understand David's position, there i

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-03-02 Thread Cedric Dumoulin
Well, if there is no objections, I am ready to provide an implementation of my suggestion for template screens (build on top of Templates). If there is some comments, please let me know before I start. Cedric David Geary wrote: > Cedric's got some good ideas here, and I agree with someo

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-03-01 Thread David Geary
Cedric's got some good ideas here, and I agree with someone else who said he should be a committer. Craig? david Cedric Dumoulin wrote: > Hi David, and everybody, > > I understand David's position, there is a proverb which said "who go slowly go > surely" ;-) > But, please, don't forge

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-03-01 Thread Maya Muchnik
Hey, guys, I have a good proposal: include Cerdic to struts developer team. Cedric Dumoulin wrote: > Hi David, and everybody, > > I understand David's position, there is a proverb which said "who go slowly go > surely" ;-) > But, please, don't forget that I have already work for a long ti

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-03-01 Thread Cedric Dumoulin
Hi David, and everybody, I understand David's position, there is a proverb which said "who go slowly go surely" ;-) But, please, don't forget that I have already work for a long time on Components proposal. A lot of peoples have tried them, and give positive feedback, as well as improvemen

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-28 Thread Wong Kok Wai
Hi David, It maybe useful to study the portlet concept in JetSpeed. I see your proposal and portlet essentially different way to implement dynamic screen layout. --- David Geary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see template screens as a first step towards > Cedric's Components. Template > screen

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-28 Thread Incze Lajos
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:18:54PM -0700, David Geary wrote: > I see template screens as a first step towards Cedric's Components. Template > screens provide the foundation necessary for Components: Programmatically > defining screens. > Slightly off-topic but relates to the template tags. I've

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-28 Thread David Geary
I see template screens as a first step towards Cedric's Components. Template screens provide the foundation necessary for Components: Programmatically defining screens. The next step is adding support for defining screens from an XML file, whether that's struts-config.xml or a separate file. Then

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-28 Thread Cedric Dumoulin
A kind of "screen configuration" (called instances) is proposed in Components project, which can be seen as an extension of Templates. Screens are defined in a configuration file. You can also have different configuration files for different Locale : appropriate screens will be loaded accord

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-28 Thread Maya Muchnik
Hi, I think the screen configuration through a xml-file is made in Components project (see for example, componentInstances.xml file). It is very convenient. As you maybe know, the project extends ActionServlet class. Maya David Geary wrote: > Yes, that's a good idea, applicable for static screen

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-28 Thread David Geary
Yes, that's a good idea, applicable for static screens. We should still allow for programmatic definitions, though. Servlets or servlet filters are good candidates for creating dynamic screen definitions. david Wong Kok Wai wrote: > Is it possible to define the screen definition in the > stru

Re: PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-28 Thread Wong Kok Wai
Is it possible to define the screen definition in the struts-config.xml? I think this will be more flexible. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

PROPOSAL: Template Screens

2001-02-27 Thread David Geary
Joel Regen wrote: > David, > Wouldn't it make sense to introduce a few attributes to the template tags > that allow specification of values using references to beans? This idea is > used extensively in the other struts tags. Look at the html:link tag, for > example. It allows you to specify a