Hi tek1, Matt and the others, tek1 said: > what you're doing sounds pretty cool...
I completely disagree with this point of view! It is double-plus-uncool! Did you ever hear of the model-view-controller pattern? The model consists of your server side objects, the view is what you see on the GUI, the controller is the logic you need for the workflow of your application. The pattern says: "Keep these separate!" What you are trying to do is to introduce a 1:1 mapping between the Hibernate objects and the form. This will make your view completely depend on your model! It will cause a maintenance nightmare when your project grows larger. Each time you change your model, you will have to re-arrange your GUI! This is a very bad thing! Struts tried to avoid this by inventing the Form object! The idea is: * The Form corresponds to the view and is simply a copy of the screen fields. It has nothing to do with your model. * The Action drives your control flow. It transforms data back and forth between model and view. * The server side objects (Hibernate POJOs in your case) store and manage your model data. If you keep these three separate, you will stay happy through the lifetime of your application. Cheers... Matthias ---- Matthias Bohlen Consulting that helps project teams to succeed... Web: http://www.mbohlen.de/ Snail: Luise-Albertz-Str. 25 D-53340 Meckenheim Germany Phone: +49 (170) 772 8545 Fax: +49 (2225) / 945189 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of tek1 > Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 4:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Xdoclet-devel] Hibernate, VOs and StrutsForms > > > are you using an ejb task-generated VO? if so, why? are you > able to just > create a simple java class and add hibernate and struts tags? > sorry, i > don't understand the dependency on ejb VO's... > > what you're doing sounds pretty cool. are you doing this to > try to nearly > automate the process of dumping data from an html form > directly into a > database table for that form? it would be nice if in the > struts-config.xml > file if as part of the dynaform definition, a database table name and > fields could be specified to provide this automatic data dumping > functionality. sorry for going off on a tangent... > > > > > At 12:18 02/12/22 -0700, you wrote: > > >As you might know, I'm trying to generate StrutsForms and POJOs for > >Hibernate from the same class. I'm having minimal luck and > about ready to > >throw it out the window. A couple of problems: > > > >1. I have to use an EntityBean in order to generate the StrutsForm. > >2. I have to generate a VO for Hibernate to work, as an EntityBean > >cannot be instantiated using new EntityBean(); > >3. The VO only generates methods for getters/setters. I need an > >addResume method on my User object in order to associate the two. > > > >Am I a fool in trying to do something like this? It seems > so - as I just > >feel like I'm fighting with Xdoclet and Hibernate at this > point - without > >really accomplishing anything. I think the ideal situation is thus: > > > >1. Mark up a POJO with Hibernate and Struts Tags. > >2. The POJO will be used by Hibernate as and there will be > no additional > >class generated. > >2. The StrutsForm can be generated from this POJO. > > > >So since I *really* want to implement this functionality - > where do I dig > >in and make it possible? Here's an initial stab at it: > > > >1. Make the strutsform a possible subtask of hibernate doclet, or > >possibly webdoclet. Basically, allow it to be run on a POJO > rather than > >an EntityBean only. > > > >2. Make the @struts.form related tags not depend on @ejb tags. > > > >Furthermore, it would be great to be able to indicate which > >getter/setters get used for Hibernate, and which ones get > used for Struts. > >This might be possible using the @struts.form-field tag. I > tried playing > >with it a little and it seemed that the only way to make it > work was to > >put a @struts.form name="" and then @struts.form > form-name="" - otherwise > >they wouldn't generate. > > > >Any advice would be great. I'm trying to get this done > ASAP, and I'm way > >over my head here - but I don't want to resort to writing a > ValidatorForm > >and POJO by hand. I will if I have to, but I'd rather > extend Xdoclet. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Matt > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Xdoclet-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdoclet-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Xdoclet-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdoclet-devel
