For Struts 1.1b3 and the soon to be released Struts 1.1 RC1, do you recommend using TilesAction over the Controller interface (http://tinyurl.com/62px) for tiles-specific controllers? I just wrote about using the Controller interface for a Wrox Chapter last night, and I'd hate to be out of date ;-)
Thanks, Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: BaTien Duong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:25 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: TilesAction and Controller > > > Thanks Cedric and this great developer community. > > BaTien > -------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cedric Dumoulin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:25 AM > Subject: Re: TilesAction and Controller > > > > > > > > BaTien Duong wrote: > > > > >I found the following in tilesAdvancedFeatures: > > > > > >If you use a class name as controller, it should extend one of the > following > > >base classes or interfaces: > > >org.apache.struts.action.Action (wrapper > > >org.apache.struts.action.StrutsActionControllerWrapper is > used) If you > > >provide a Struts Action subclass, it will be wrapped with > the appropriate > > >class, and > > >Struts' perform method will be called, but the "mapping" and "form" > > >attributes will be null. > > > > > >Does this means that to pass the error via mapping I must use > controlerUrl > > >in <tiles:insert> tag ? Where is > > >org.apache.struts.action.StrutsActionControllerWrapper? I > cannot find it > in > > >src of struts 1.1-b3. > > > > > It appears that StrutsActionControllerWrapper is now called > > ActionController. > > > > If you use a Struts action as Tiles controller CLASS, the struts > > parameters aren't initialized, so you can't use it. I think > you can't > > pass error via mapping in this way. > > But, if you use a struts action URL as controller, the action is > > called throw the struts mechanism, and properly initialized. You can > > extends the o.a.s.tiles.actions.TilesAction class and > overload execute( > > ComponentContext ...) to get the context. > > > > Cedric > > > > >Thanks > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "BaTien Duong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:22 AM > > >Subject: Fw: TilesAction and Controller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Question: Just check to make sure that the controllerClass (NOT > > >>controllerUrl) used in <tiles:insert> tag can extends > TilesAction (and > NOT > > >>implements Controller)? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Using TilesAction as a controller, I can pass the > generated error to > the > > >>>input page via standard Struts process: > > >>> if (!errors.empty()) { > > >>> saveErrors(request, errors); > > >>> return (new ActionForward(mapping.getInput(); > > >>> } > > >>> > > >>>Question: How can I achieve the same thing with Tiles Controller? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>(assuming > > >> > > >> > > >>>that I can have currentURL and RequestURL as Tiles > attributes in the > > >>> > > >>> > > >>request > > >> > > >> > > >>>scope). > > >>> > > >>>Cedric and/or someone may save me time to navigate from > ServletContext > > >>>passed into the Controller perform(...) method. > > >>> > > >>>Thanks > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
