Thanks, I was thinking to deserialize the java bean on login and I will have to in order to build the sub menu. I felt I shouldn't keep the bean around as it may be large containing several pages of content and too heavy for the session. So I would have to retrieve the bean on each content request, might not be that slow... have to test?
Greg -----Original Message----- From: David Graham [mailto:dgraham1980@;hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Managing User defined Web Content design advice? The java bean idea sounds good. The problem you might have with using message resources is that you can't reload it when the users change their settings. Also, I wouldn't want that kind of churn on the file. You could deserialize the java bean when the user logs in and then use that in the menu display jsp to generate the links. David >From: "Greg Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Struts Mail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Managing User defined Web Content design advice? >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:54:00 -0400 > >Hi All, > >I am developing a hosted ecommerce app. One of the requirements is that the >client's have the ability to customize sub menu navigation providing the >link name and link content. > >I am considering several possibilities of persistency and tags that might >help me do this. I would like to take advantage of Struts features if it >would benefit the app i.e.: MessageResources to hold the custom content. >One >of my main concerns is speed and not overloading the session with loads of >content. I know I have to store the content somewhere and the requirements >state that I use a flat file or multiple flat files. Some of my ideas are >below and I would greatly appreciate any advice that you all might have. > >1) Serialize some java bean containing all the custom content and store in >a >file(maybe using XMLEncoder and Decoder, I like it :-) ) or properties >file(why not use MessageResources?) and have an Action load the >requested content and place the content String in the request and for ward >to a reusable contentDisplay.jsp. > >2) Create new files for each body of content and simply <jsp:include> or ><bean:include> the page into the template. The problem here is that as the >number of links and content is user defined and I only know how to use the >include tags with static resources. Sure I could include an action but how >would I dynamically add parameters to inform the include resource as to >witch content to retrieve? I see that page param of bean:include is labeled >(RT EXPR) does this mean that I can use an expression the provide that >attribute, I have never been able to do this??? If I could do it in this >manner I think it would be cleaner but obviously not sure how. > >Well those are my ideas, if anyone has done this before or could provide >some advise on how this should be done it would be greatly appreciated. > >Many thanks, > >Greg _________________________________________________________________ Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
