Re: [Gusdev-gusdev] JSP / Object mechanism

[Steve F. <st...@pc...>]

my initial response:  now that you mention Struts, i recall that 
DoubleTwist used it for their web arch.  They were enthusiatic about it, 
but the project fell with the company.  anyway, absent any knowledge of 
its details, it seems definitely worth looking seriously at.

steve

pjm wrote:

>All,
>
>We have been thinking about the jsp-object part of the web interface. The
>fact the jsp pages will require data from several sources including the
>GUS DB, Perl programs, flat files (config files, XML), other internet
>resources, etc, etc means that the mechanism for controlling this
>communication needs to be structured.
>
>We have been looking at Jakarta Struts (http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/)
>because we think this could help us structure, manage and simplify the way
>the jsp talks to the various objects. Several groups here at Hinxton use it
>in anger and say good things about it.
>
>It provides a prewritten and tested framework which broadly fits the model
>Steve sent us. In particular the tiles code, for separating content and
>presentation with easy centralised configuration of the later would seem
>to be an ideal fit with our joint requirements.
>
>To learn more about Struts I suggest you start at;
>http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/progjakstruts_14/index1.html
>and work your way through the 4 articles in the series.
>
>There are several books available on Struts, we've been reading the
>O'Reilly version. So far myself and Adrian like what we see. If you do too
>we would like to code, or at least outline in reasonable depth, an example
>for the Query Results page since it will be similar for both groups.
>
>What do you think?
>
>
>Paul.
>
>
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