They both look like good alternatives except I'm stuck on java 1.4.2 and EE 1.3 (weblogic 8.1). It seems they both require higher JDK/EE versions.
-Henrik On 9/15/06, Adam Brod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Check out JBoss Seam or the Apache Shale project. They are both JSF frameworks with support for widard-like flows. Adam Brod Product Development Team "Henrik Bentel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/15/2006 11:22:56 AM: > Hi > > I'm developing a JSF webapp which works like a 'wizard' where the user > steps though > several pages(or steps). The main navigation control are links like > 'next', 'previous', and 'cancel'. I've done a couple of these > 'wizard'-style apps, each very different in structure. > > I'm looking for suggestions for what you've found to work well in this > type of application. > > > My previous 2 weak attempts of a wizard-style app is as follows. > My first app has one managed bean for the entire wizard with all > validation and wizard logic in that one bean(and supporting POJOs). > Using one backing bean made it easier for reuse of page layout and > navigation controls, and made it easy to skip steps dynamically at > runtime. But it grew very large and not very pretty. > > My second app has one backing bean per 'step'. But I couldn't find an > obvious way of reuse page layout and navigation controls across all > the managed beans. So each page is bound to its own backing bean with > 'next', 'previous' and 'cancel' action methods. And sometimes a > backing bean had to know which page was the previous and the next > step. > > Hope someone can help > > regards, > Henrik Disclaimer: This electronic mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this email, and destroy all copies of this email and any attachments. Thank you.
