> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Lentz > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:56 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: What is getModel() for? > > >"Getting" is not always the same thing as "instantiating" and/Or > "initializing". > > That's an *excellent* point! Well said. It would be great,
Not to be a bah humbug type of person, but the constructor is for initializing, and the getters are for getting. > IMO, to call > that out in the documentation and expand on what that means. I guess, one could mention in the javadoc that you have no control how many times the getModel() could get called, and that it should return the "same" object each time in a given lifecycle... > What's the > process for doing that? > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org