i think the argument isn't about it being too servlet-container centric, rather that it is too tightly coupled to JSP as the view technology.
> -----Original Message----- > From: James Childers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:11 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Struts design flaw -- ActionForms are not true domain > objects > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 8:55 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Struts design flaw -- ActionForms are not true domain > > objects > > > > However, Struts is not "too JSP oriented". JSP is the most > > popular Java user interface technology for web applications so > > it is appropriately supported by Struts taglibs. You can use > > *any* UI technology you want with Struts. > > > > David > > Well, that's not quite true, is it? I mean, look at this > signature for Action.execute: > > public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm > form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) > throws Exception > > You can't really use that outside of a servlet container. This is > not a knock to Struts; it was never designed to be a general > purpose MVC model. But noone is going to write a Swing app using > Struts, for example. > > -= J > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
