Sergey, Looks very cool, thanks! I suppose validation errors can be handled via the Response.sendOther redirection, with error beans as request attributes?
Guy On 3-feb-2012, at 23:11, Sergey Beryozkin wrote: Hi Guy On 03/02/12 18:27, Guy Pardon wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for answering! > > The REST/JAXRS paradigm offers a basic controller mechanism, and I can return > text/html (and other media types) as well as forward to JSP pages. > > I've always disliked struts and JSF and am trying to push JAXRS to the limits > - hence my question :-) > Try this then: http://cxf.apache.org/docs/jax-rs-redirection.html :-) Cheers, Sergey > Guy > > On 3-feb-2012, at 19:13, KARR, DAVID wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Guy Pardon [mailto:g...@atomikos.com] >> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 9:54 AM >> To: users@cxf.apache.org >> Subject: REST and MVC for webapps >> >> Hi, >> >> I am looking for examples and/or information on using CXF/REST/JAXRS as >> the controller for html webapps - instead of Struts or JSF. >> >> Any pointers available? > > Just a high-level comment on the approach: > > If you're building a "conventional" web site where you move from page to > page, a REST service would likely only represent a portion of your > application. You'd still want to have a "conventional" web framework like > Spring MVC, Struts, or JSF (which provides some additional paradigms). > > If, however, you're building a "single-page web application" where server > communication is primarily done through AJAX calls from a Javascript > framework like Dojo or others, then a REST service might become more > prominent. > > The point is that a REST service handles a certain kind of interaction > pattern, and page to page navigation doesn't quite fit that. >
