I'd say that this is a very clear expression of where most people are
trying to go right now.
For my own work, I'd diagram the scenario as:
Controller Model
App Layer Business Layer
HTTP +--------+ +------------------+
-------->| Action |<---->| Object Model |
Request +--------+ +------------------+
| ^
(Request Obj)| | +------------------+
| +-------<| App/Sess Objects | Controller
V v | - Action Mappings| App Layer
HTTP +--------+ | - Conn Pool |
<--------| JSP | | - et cetera |
Response +--------+ +------------------+
Web Layer ^
View |
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