I am not using EJB. The model is made using simple JDBC that gets the database connection from a helper class which uses JNDI to get the JDBC data source.
How can I apply Session Facade here. Is there any text or code examples which I can read that talks the same with relation to struts. regards, vijay. > -----Original Message----- > From: Oshima Tlholoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:53 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: which method is better > > > With my rudimentary knowledge,I dont think its advisable for your Action > classes to talk directly to your business layer/model classes, > Why don't you > have a business delegate/session facade or Service Locator sitting between > your Action Classes and the model classes, this insulates your action > classes from your business layer and it even makes testing > simpler. You not > going to have test cases that span multiple layers. > Let your Actions pull out data from the ActionForm, wrap it and pass it to > the Service Locator, then the Service Locator then handles the > rest, calling > all the related model classes. > > > > On 2/28/06, R.Vijayaraghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I usually have set and get methods for all properties in my Model class. > > After submitting a form, I pull out all the property values > (form fields) > > in > > the Action class from the ActionForm object, set the values of all > > properties in the model from the action class and then call a particular > > method in the model class for final submission to the database. > > > > I wanted to know thether the above mentioned method is better or is it > > better to pass the form reference itself to the Model class which then > > sets > > the values. > > > > In situation 2, I do not have to take care of the various String > > references > > that I create. I simply will pass the ActionForm object to the Model > > class. > > > > regards, > > vijay. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Regards > Name : Oshima Tlholoe > Cell No: +2773 342 4393 > Tel No : +2712 841 4355(w) > E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > simplicity is the ultimate sophistication > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
