On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Erik Hatcher wrote: <snip /> > While exploring web frameworks, I spent a bit of time with WebWork2. I > really like what I see going on there. Its lightweight, > straightforward, and powerful. The interceptors add tons of > flexibility. The IoC aspect of it decouples actions from the container > and even concrete business implementations (making testing a WW2 action > a real joy). The command-pattern is clean. The discussions of Struts2 > seem to be aiming towards the same thing WebWork2 already is. I'd > highly recommend those that are hard-core Struts developers give > WebWork2 a good look and either jump ship or start seriously > incorporating these ideas into the Struts2 architecture. Using > interfaces is one immediate take-away from WW2 :)
I totally agree. Lars Hoss has donated code to Struts Applications (http://struts.sf.net) which implements Action interceptors and WW2-style IoC. We are currently in the process of cleaning the code up for a release. We are also looking at extracting the Action invoking code to support arbitrary actions as well as Struts Action-derived classes as XWork does. We hope the project will be a furtile testbed for future Struts architecture features, as well as support existing Struts applications (Struts 1.1+). Good luck on your next project, Erik, and thanks for the suggestions. Don > I'm sure that our foray into Tapestry will not be without its share of > hurdles, and probably reinventing some wheels we mastered with Struts, > and judgment is still out on how tough testing will be with Tapestry. > > I will continue to be a Struts developer for maintaining and enhancing > the app we just deployed, so I'm not going to totally give it up - I > just want to reduce my e-mail influx. And I will still present my > Advanced Struts presentation several more times this year at No Fluff, > Just Stuff symposiums. > > I look forward to checking out the Struts2 architecture and code as it > evolves. > > Erik > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
