Re: Wildcard mappings/templates need to refer to a package name

>
> I looked through all the combinations of wild card configurations, zero
> config, annotations and I can't find one that fits my work style and offers
> any benefit.  I have a pattern to my development, it just doesn't fit the
> current proposed solutions.
>
> I often have a namespace per pojo(sometimes nested).
> These include typically edit, delete, save, list operations (and sometimes
> search).
>
> I think wildcard mappings would be more powerful of a configuration
> technique if they could factor in the package name.  That way, they could
> take advantage of configuration inheritance.
>
>
> Consider the example below.  Just by being able to refer to the ${packName}
> an enourmous amount of the configuration could be sliced and diced.
>
> <!-- template out and abstract pattern -->
> <package name="Abstract-crud" extends="struts-default" namespace="/example">
>
>                 <!--  edit is often used as the create/view -->
>                 <action name="edit" class="org.${packageName}Action">
>                         <result name="input" type="velocity">{actionName}.vm</result>
>                         <result name="success" type="velocity">{actionName}.vm</result>
>                         <result name="error" type="velocity">{actionName}.vm</result>
>                 </action>
>
>                 <action name="save" class="org.${packageName}Action" method="save" >
>                         <result name="input" type="velocity">edit.vm</result>
>                         <result name="success" type="chain">list</result>
>                         <result name="error" type="velocity">edit.vm</result>
>                         <result name="cancel" type="redirect">list.action</result>
>                 </action>
>
>                 <action name="list" class="org.${packageName}Action" method="list">
>                         <result name="success" type="redirectAction">list</result>
>                 </action>
>
>                 <action name="delete" class="org.${packageName}Action" method="delete">
>                         <result name="success" type="redirectAction">list</result>
>                 </action>
>
>         </package>
>
>         <!-- apply pattern over multple name spaces/mappings -->
>         <package name="Example" extends="abstract-crud" namespace="/example"/>
>
>         <package name="Example2" extends="abstract-crud" namespace="/example2">
>                 <action name="override" class="org.${packageName}Action"
> method="override">
>                         <result name="success" type="velocity">somethingelse.vm</result>
>                 </action>
>         </package>
>
>         <package name="SubItem" extends="abstract-crud"
> namespace="/example2/subItem">
>
>
> Matthew Payne
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