So, Joe, please feel free to paste <>
* Other Struts News: 24 June 2002 - Tiles Article in DeveloperWorks 23 June 2002 - Struts Controller UML Diagrams 12 June 2002 - Struts Console version 1.12.1 12 June 2002 - Easy Struts 0.2 12 June 2002 - Artimus 0.4 11 June 2002 - Struts Builder v0.4 beta< 07 Jun 2002 - O'Reilly Chapter 7 05 Jun 2002 - Struts Console version 1.12 07 Jun 2002 - Easy Struts on SourceForge 04 Jun 2002 - FL Child Support Payments: Powered by Struts 03 Jun 2002 - strutsGuessingGame1.0 * Struts News and Status page: http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/news.html </> onto your original submission, and forward it over to Rob Oxspring now <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it can be classified as our "official" submission. It's now also on our News page. Many thanks =:0) -T. Joe Germuska wrote: > > I haven't seen anyone else put forth pieces for the "jakarta > newsletter", so I thought I'd take a crack at it. I just browsed the > list archives to refresh my memory, so chances are good I missed > something. Also, I didn't pay very close attention to the CVS and > bugzilla posts, so I may have overlooked some important fix or > addition... > > I have no great pride in the text either, so please feel free to "patch" > anything below... > > * Path-based action mapping in 1.1 > One of the architectural advances from Struts 1.0 to Struts 1.1 involved > supporting multiple applications with a single Struts controller > servlet. As part of the initial implementation of this functionality, > some configuration flexibility was lost: the multi-application > controller only supports mapping URLs to Struts "actions" by extension > (i.e. "*.do") while Struts 1.0 also supported mapping by path prefix > (i.e. "/do/*"). After James Young asked if any fixes were in the works > [1], Craig McClanahan pointed out some of the complexities involved > [2]. Ted Husted described a possible solution and asked for feedback > about whether to pursue it. [3] > [1] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8226 > [2] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8234 > [3] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8244 > > * Tiles add-in to moved to core > Craig McClanahan moved the "Tiles" add-in into the core CVS source tree > from the "contrib" directory.[4] Ted Husted initiated a discussion about > some code modifications to "Tiles" to make it work more closely with the > core code base.[5] > [4] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8682 > [5] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8621 > > * FormBean: Interface or Class? > The discussion about whether the "FormBean" concept was best implemented > as an interface or a class resurfaced, and Craig McClanahan wrote a > decisive response explaining the motivation for maintaining it as a > class.[6] In summary, designing FormBean as an interface would > facilitate inappropriate tangling of the "model" layer with the "view" > layer, while making it a class of its own encourages clean separation of > those layers. > [6] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8253 > > * Struts and the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) > After announcing the 1.0 release of the JSTL, Shawn Bayern offered > assistance towards integrating the rich Struts tag libraries with the > JSTL, which in many cases offers equivalent functionality.[7] Craig > McClanahan indicated that a likely goal for a post 1.1 release of Struts > would be thorough integration with the JSTL expression language, and > aiming towards an eventual replacement of the Struts "bean" and "logic" > tag libraries with the equivalent tags from JSTL.[8] > [7] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8434 > [8] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8439 > > * New Committer: James Holmes > James Holmes, author of the popular Struts Console tool, was proposed as > a committer by Ted Husted [9] and was accepted unanimously. > [9] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8341 > > * Steps towards Struts 1.1b2 > As much of the activity on the list in June involved "swatting" bugs in > the current 1.1b1 release, Craig McClanahan proposed steps towards a > Struts 1.1b2 by around July 8th[10] The requirements for the next beta > are basically closing any remaining bugs and improving documentation of > new Struts features. Committers responded promptly with +1 votes and > further contributions. > [10] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8691 > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US -- Java Web Development with Struts -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463 -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
