--- "Peter A. Pilgrim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Graham wrote: > > --- "PILGRIM, Peter, FM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>--//-- > >> > >> > >>>I chose my words carefully when I said "ActionContext interface". I > >>>*think* we can all agree that if we added this it should be > >>>an interface > >>>:-). > >> > >>--////-- > >> > >>Why would want the ActionContext to be an interface? > > > > > > Well, ServletContext is an interface and it makes sense for this to be > an > > interface rather than an unnecessarily limiting base class. > > > > --//-- > > I presume that there would be default implementation , then. > What I am getting at here, this default implementation > could be extended by normal web application developers, > say to add in security profile information. > > Non-trival web application, say framework developers like myself, > would write implementation of the interface. In Expresso > there are two contextes ( ControllerRequest and ControllerResponse) > abstractions of the web servlet request and servlet response. > We can write controller that run outside of the web app environment. > I think this is where you are going with the ActionContext interface.
The main goal of an ActionContext being passed to Action.execute() methods would be to separate Actions from the Servlet API so that you could write Actions to respond to Porlets. It would also serve to stabalize the execute() method's interface and allow you to pass in more than the current 4 or 5 parameters. > > If the interface was supposed to be environment free what would > this interface be? Not necessarily environment free but more environment neutral. For example, I have no interest in using Struts for Swing apps but do for web apps using Servlet and/or Portlet. David > > -- > Peter Pilgrim > __ _____ _____ _____ > / //__ // ___// ___/ + Serverside Java > / /___/ // /__ / /__ + Struts > / // ___// ___// ___/ + Expresso Committer > __/ // /__ / /__ / /__ + Independent Contractor > /___//____//____//____/ + Intrinsic Motivation > On Line Resume > || > \\===> `` http://www.xenonsoft.demon.co.uk/no-it-striker.html '' > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
