Being able to return XML to the UI is not all that bad, when you consider the opportunities for integrating other technolgies for presentation (if you like XSLT and the like).
There are also some nice tools that take advantage of the modular nature of FlashMX, and the native XML parsing capabilities of Flash, available from Flash5 forward. For UI components check out www.cybersage.com and Flash developer CD ($99 additional) ... XML opens the door to a *slick* rich client UI. "I love Struts and I vote" In the right hands, Flash aint all that bad (but then I don't use emacs to code JavaBean accessors, so...). -M ---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Flash+Struts how? Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:09:22 -0500 >Mark Galbreath wrote: >> Only a weenie programmer would use Flash with Struts[...] > >Nice attitude. I hope I misunderstood that reply... > >Anyway, to answer the original inquiry: >A part of the UI of our app is a flash movie, and we chose to >integrate >it using XML. The Flash sends requests to our struts actions (they >look >like any other URL to Flash), but these particular actions return XML > >instead of HTML. The Flash parses the XML and applies it to the UI >appropriately. Works quite well and with no noticeable CPU usage on >the >client - a problem we had with the previous, complicated HTML >interface >for this part of the app. >There is also a relatively new feature of Flash MX that provides >integration between Flash and J2EE apps without using XML in between. > >Although I haven't looked at it in detail, I bet it can be used with >Struts as well as "ordinary" servlets. See ><http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2003/jw-0117-flash_p.html> > >HTH, > Eric >-- >Eric Rizzo >Software Architect >Jibe, Inc. >http://www.jibeinc.com > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
