My thought is that MVC is a programming model, pardigm or what have you, and not an architecture. I wrote my own MVC framework, and have seen many many others out there. If MVC becomes a spec, does that mean Struts is the only one that does it according to the spec, and all of the other ones have to suddenly change (perhaps drastically) to be a correct implementation of MVC?
Instead of shooting for a programming model as a JCP, I'd shoot for specific architectures, such as what Struts provides for the web community. These are just my thoughts, but I sure would hate to be "forced" (so to speak) to rework my framework just so that developers would consider it a "compatible" MVC framework. -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Cann To: Struts Users Mailing List Sent: 4/24/2002 3:36 PM Subject: MVC specification Request On the topic of the JCP, here goes something I've had on my mind since the JavaOne JCP.org announcement. As you know during JavaOne there was an announcement that Sun opens Java to Open Source community. Future versions of Java can feature APIs developed by the open source community under changes to the Java Community Process (JCP). Java Community Process (JCP) is the formal process described for developing for revising Java technology specifications. As an Struts evangelist, I would like to ask this list whether the is interest abound in this group to INITIATE A JAVA MVC SPECIFICATION REQUEST to JCP.org. The idea is that Struts would be a open source reference implementation of the developed MVC specification. I feel the value proposition is there from the perspective of Sun's objective of making Java applications "integratable" - and that means they should share a common architecture of which MVC is a foundation technology which would help fulfill that objective. I look forward to your thoughts. Respectfully Sandra -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
