This is a long thread, so it might be worth repeating that Laurie wants her (human) clients to be able to write Java code on the JSP page. She seems to call this "data pulling".
On 5/29/05, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/28/05, Laurie Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the reference Craig; but unless I'm mis-reading you, that > > still leaves me with data lookup 'hard coded' in Java classes. My goal > > is to be able to change a page's data requirements without > > recompilation. > > If it would be OK to edit an XML configuration in concert with the > page, then the Chain of Responsiblity might be useful. Each page can > have a "view" command, which can be a chain of commands. When the data > requirements of the page changes, the chain's configuration can be > updated to add or subtract commands. Each command can be responsible > for generating the content of a given control. The action just runs > the chain and exposes the context to the page. If the chain changes, > the context changes, but the Java code remains the same. > > Between iBATIS and Chain, we are able to make very significant changes > to the content of a page, without touching the actual source code, > just the XML configuration. > > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
