The best stategy will depend on what else is going on with your application.
The ActionForm is really part of the control layer and so can interact with objects on both the presentation and business layers. A generally useful approach is to put a factory method on the ActionForm that returns your value object. This neatly encapsulates the data transfer. All the Action has to do is call the method and pass along the result. Which I guess is your #2. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US -- Developing Java Web Applications with Struts -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463 -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services Radhika Nadkarni wrote: > > hi, > Im having an action Form. Im using Value object for data conversions. > Now my problem is i have two scenarios for implementing the same : - > 1) Value object will be separate > 2) Value object will be composed within the Form Bean. > Can anyone tell me which is the best strategy out of the two ? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- > 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]>
