Hi Jason, Pick up a copy of Struts in Action. It is a good read, and it will save you a lot of "trial and error" time, figuring out how the framework works. There are a few Struts books out now, and all are extremely helpful.
Good luck, and welcome to the Struts group! Susan Bradeen On 02/14/2003 07:56:17 AM Jim Krygowski wrote: > Hi Jason- > > The whole struts cycle starts out when the ActionServlet receives a request. > It in turn determines (based on the struts-config.xml action mappings) which > action class and action form are responsible for handling the request. The > action class processes the request via invoking a business object (the > model) and providing it with the information from the action form. The > action evaluates the returned value from the business object and then alters > the values in the form bean and forwards the request on. The forward > destination could be another struts action or a JSP page. > > So, it is right to think that things start at the Action and end at the JSP. > > jk > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Vinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 7:46 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Struts Design (best practices) > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I have been working with Struts for about a week now, and I > > have a few design questions. I guess the most important is the > > proper flow of information and processing. When I began to code > > pages in Struts, I would link to the actual jsp page, then check > > it's ActionForm, then go to the Action class. Now I am beginning > > to think that the proper flow is to go to the Action class, then > > the ActionForm, then to the jsp. Is this correct? > > > > Jason > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
