Not to worry, no offense taken. The beauty of Struts Console is that it is just that: a simple editor for the myriad XML files used in developing Struts applications. Certainly it could be much more, but I think it would lose its broad appeal then.
Of course there is still continual evolvement. I'm about to release Struts Console 4.0 which will have some nice new features. Stay tuned. -James Struts Console http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/ -----Original Message----- From: Sergey Smirnov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 5:37 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Is modern Java IDE enough to work with Struts Project? Are you sure James need some defense? Struts Console is most popular GUI tool for Struts - 55,000+ downloads. I just wonder why it still evolves as a set of losely coupled specialized XML editors. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Longwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Is modern Java IDE enough to work with Struts Project? > In James' defense, the Struts Console is a GUI Interface to edit the > struts-config file. Yes, you can use any text editor to edit the file, > yes many IDEs contain shortcuts to make the process of editing > DTD-specified XML files easier. > I think, however, that the Struts Console is the quickest and least > error-prone method to edit the struts-config.xml file. It's a great > product. Good work James! > > Sergey Smirnov wrote: > > >Does it mean that Struts Concole is just a set of specialized XML editors > >available as plug-ins for most pupular Java IDEs? > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "James Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 5:54 AM > >Subject: RE: Is modern Java IDE enough to work with Struts Project? > > > > > > > > > >>Struts Console does not claim or try to solve these "interdependence" > >>issues you mention. It's just a nice, simple tool for editing all of > >>the Struts config files. > >> > >>-James > >>Struts Console > >>http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/ > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Sergey Smirnov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:48 PM > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>Subject: Is modern Java IDE enough to work with Struts Project? Was: > >>[OT] IDE with easy tomcat upgrade? > >> > >>Max Cooper wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I'm not sure how much this helps, but IDEA can validate any XML file > >>> > >>> > >>that > >> > >> > >>>has a DTD. If you write Java code to do validations, you can set > >>> > >>> > >>breakpoints > >> > >> > >>>in it and debug it. > >>>-Max > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>validation xml file against DTD is a good feature. However, lets light > >>the > >>problem in more details. For example, we have a very simple jsp form and > >>want to use standard server-side validator 'required' for one form > >>field. > >>Actually, it might vary, but to do so you have: > >> > >>1) Resource (.properties) file with keys/values for standard validators > >>(at > >>least errors.required) > >>2) struts-config file should contain the reference to this resource file > >>for > >>message-resources node > >>3) struts-config plug-in node should contain > >>className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn" > >>4) this plugin should have set-property with name pathnames that > >>corresponds > >>to validator files (such as /WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml and > >>/WEB-INF/validation.xml) > >>5) validation.xml should contain form with name corresponds to form-bean > >>name > >>6) the form should have a field with property that corresponds to field > >>name > >>we want to validate > >>7) this field should have a 'depends' attribute that corresponds to > >>validator name mentioned in /WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml (in our case - > >>with > >>name 'required') > >>8) this field should have an arg0 node which attribute key corresponds > >>to > >>existing key in resource file > >>9) form bean should inherit org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm > >>class > >>10) form bean validate should call validate method of super class > >>11) 'input' attribute of action should reference to jsp page with > >>validated > >>form > >>12) jsp page should contains <html:errors /> (or its substitute) > >> > >>You can see a lot a references here. They are mostly string references. > >>Just > >>any typo and validation does not work properly. I wonder, how modern > >>Java > >>IDE (IDEA, JBuilder, Eclipse, NetBeans and so on) tries to help Struts > >>developers to find and fix those kind of problems. > >>James, how does Struts Console try to solve this interdependence > >>problem? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Sergey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:29 PM > >>>Subject: Re: [OT] IDE with easy tomcat upgrade? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>How does your favorite Java IDE help you find problem with > >>>> > >>>> > >>Validation > >> > >> > >>>>Framework, for example? > >>>> > >>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>From: "Jeff Kyser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 1:41 PM > >>>>Subject: Re: [OT] IDE with easy tomcat upgrade? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>works for me... > >>>>> > >>>>>On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 03:40 PM, Sergey Smirnov wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>IntelliJ IDEA is an outstanding JAVA IDE. However, is JAVA IDE > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>enough > >> > >> > >>>>>>to > >>>>>>work with Struts Project? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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]
