It would have been a good idea to ask this list first. Unfortunatly I didn't
know the list existed until a few days ago. A few weeks back I looked for
contact information on the Struts website and found an email address
reserved for "the press". I sent an email to this address asking for a phone
number of someone to talk to about the article but got no response. It even
occured to me that the project might be dead. I agree that the whole of
Struts deserves attention. Not just the tag libraries. And I'm glad to hear
that books and articles are on their way to cover the whole. I can't see
though how focusing on the tag libraries is harmful.
Thor Kristmundsson
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2000 12:41
To: Struts List
Subject: RE: Article on JavaWorld
On 12/4/2000 at 4:49 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As Jean-Baptiste said, surely the right way to do it is to add or
extend classes?
Developers in the open source community have always patched code to
meet specific requirements. A prime argument for open source is the
ability to choose between patching and extending. Obviously, developers
who patch take the responsbility for applying the patch again later.
And, of course, Thor could have posted questions about his patch to the
list first. But now that the article is published <
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1201-struts.html >,
lets ask the questions:
"How could Struts accomplish the same result without a patch?"
and/or
"Should these patches be added to Struts?"
If alternates turn up, they could be posted somewhere as an addendum to
the article. (Or, in a followup article?) It might also be nice to see
another addendum that addressed the shortcomings Craig mentioned <
http://www.mail-archive.com/struts-user%40jakarta.apache.org/msg00891.ht
ml >.
But, let's see some code, guys.
Personally, I think Thor's interfaces seem useful, and I may add his
patches to my own code base.
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