Funny you should mention that. I've been wondering the same thing. Search the archives for a long discussion that Ted and I had on the issue. The short answer is no, there's not. The long answer is if I ever get any free time yes, there will be.
Laird -- Laird J. Nelson Electronic Channel Group, Fidelity eBusiness (Veritude) * (508) 357-3142 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Baity [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: flow control decision making > > > > Hello, > > I've been off the list for a while... busy coding up about 60 > action classes and all the JNDI behind them. > > One thing I found about using the struts_config file is that > it is a lot easier to refactor, fix flawed business rules > dealing with page flow, etc in the struts config xml than it > is to yank the java code around in the action classes. For > instance, if I found that action X really needed to route to > targets a, b, c and d instead of Action Y, I have to move the > logic out of Action Y and put in into Action X whereas in the > struts config all I need to do is move the <forward lines > between the two <action elements. > > I was thinking of developing a way to make the routing logic > separate from the business logic that does all the data > accessing and updating. But all I can think of is to create > another action class to forward to for handling this. > > Is there a way to specify in the struts_config a class that > an <action element can use just for determining the > action_forward and to ignore the value returned by the action class. > > -Tony > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>