On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 12:28, Troy Hart wrote: > IMHO the value of the struts framework has more to do with providing a > set of "actions" that invoke business processes in the request/response > (ie servlet) paradigm.
To clarify, I DO NOT mean to imply that the business processes know anything about the request/response. Troy > One of the cool features that struts provides in > this endeavor is an automatic mapping of the request parameters into > forms that can be declaratively associated with a given action...maybe > I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time :( > > Anyway, I was just trying to give Leslie a better answer than an > emphatic NO, which didn't seem right to me based on my interpretation of > her question. > > Regards, > > Troy > > > > On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 02:37, Tom Klaasen wrote: > > Makes you wonder what the advantage of using struts might be then. Struts is a >framework for mapping html form fields to bean properties (yeah, I know, there's a >lot of other stuff in it, but if this wasn't in there, nobody would be using struts). > > > > "Hey, I found a nice hammer, let's slice this cheese real thin!" > > > > tomK > > > > > > ------------------------ > > "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ------------------------ > > > > >I'm not sure the answer is no. Struts is not tied to forwarding to a jsp, or > > >any other type of resource for that matter. In fact you can simply return > > >null from an action and have the action generate the response itself. You > > >may need to think about your problem a little differently (???), but if you > > >write a client that understands the servlet request/response paradigm then > > >you should be able to engineer a solution that uses the struts framework for > > >the server side... > > > > > >Good Luck, > > > > > >Troy > > > > > > > > > > > >Gopalakrishnan Rangaswamy writes: > > > > > >> NO > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Leslie Yu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:39 AM > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Subject: Is Struts suitable for Java client? > > >> > > >> > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I'm going to develop a java application with java client on client > > >> side > > >> which talks to a controller servlet. The data transmitted between client > > >> and > > >> server may be serialized object. > > >> Does Struts support java client by outputting a serialized object as > > >> a > > >> HTTP response instead of forwarding to a JSP? If yes, would anyone give > > >> me > > >> some hints? Thanks. > > >> > > >> Best Regards, > > >> Leslie > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > >> > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>