Perhaps we should move to the user list, not dev. but to answer briefly, ActionForm objects, <em>for me</em>, are strictly view layer. They get data from the view to my model, so they are like glue. They may perform some validation, like making sure a field is numeric or valid date. I place an "update" method on my ActionForms that update my model, which keeps actions clean.
Your model should have absolutely no knowledge of servlets or struts. You should be able to compile the entire model layer without any web oriented classes. Taylor -----Original Message----- From: Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: General model question ? Which object type are people having their Action's send into their business and/or data layers: ones that derive from ActionForm or ones that implement the Value Object pattern? And how are they converting the business and/or data layer's response back (into Action Forms? or are you sending back the Value Object so that the custom tags can use that?). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
