> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 11 August 2003 14:47
> To: Struts Developers List
> Subject: Re: ActionForwards, et al (was SuccessAction)
>
>
> --- Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > David Graham wrote:
> > > What I think we're seeing here
> > > is that we've outgrown our ActionForward declarations and
> need some
> > new
> > > ones. I'm fine with adding a SuccessAction but would
> really like to
> > see
> > > us discuss future possibilities in this area.
> >
> > This may not be what you meant, but I've been thinking that
> > ActionForward could use a class extension point, same as
> ActionMapping.
> >
> > The idea would be to give ActionForward a type property for a Java
> > class. If the property is specified, instead of just taking
> the path as
> > it stands, the Controller would call a "prepare" method on
> the class,
> > passing it the ActionForward, ActionForm, HttpRequest, and
> HttpResponse.
>
> This may be a good time to add an ActionContext interface instead of
> passing all these individual pieces. This would also
> slightly remove the
> dependence on Servlet to allow us more flexibility when we look at the
> Portlet API.
>
+1
Aggregate ActionForm,ActionMapping,HttpServletRequest,HttpServletResponse
into one object.
This is what I have done for Struts 1.0.2 old project in base action class
and for this new one at Royal Bank of Scotland.
--
Peter Pilgrim,
Struts/J2EE Consultant, RBoS FM, Risk IT
Tel: +44 (0)207-375-4923
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