Struts for multiple output types

[Eric Schultz]

Good afternoon...

I'm new to struts so I hope I'm not asking an obvious question, but so
far I haven't found my answer in any book, web site, or google search.

I need to develop an application that outputs primarily in XML (for
another application), but also in HTML. I'd like to use the same
logic (Actions and Forms) but how do I set my forwards to forward to
the correct JSP for the output type?

Or do I do that in my JSP? Can I set the Page Directive's contentType
to be a bean value or some other variable? And then put logic
sections in my JSP to output one or the other format?

Thanks.

Eric Schultz.

[Petarian]

Eric,
I had to do a similar thing and ended up putting the contentType
directive in JSP. All of my processing is still done in Strut's Action
but the JSP displays the actual data.

Here is what I did
<%@ page contentType="te xt/xml" %><%
%>
Make sure you don't put any spaces between the contentType tag and the
body tag. Your XML parser might get confused with extra CRLF characters.

Pete
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Eric Schultz wrote:

Good afternoon...

I'm new to struts so I hope I'm not asking an obvious question, but so
far I haven't found my answer in any book, web site, or google search.

I need to develop an application that outputs primarily in XML (for
another application), but also in HTML. I'd like to use the same
logic (Actions and Forms) but how do I set my forwards to forward to
the correct JSP for the output type?

Or do I do that in my JSP? Can I set the Page Directive's contentType
to be a bean value or some other variable? And then put logic
sections in my JSP to output one or the other format?

Thanks.

Eric Schultz.

[James]

I worked on an app where all the business logic was in the struts action
classes. I know it was a misuse, but the struts pattern falls short as it
invites and allows such a travesty. Struts adds yet another layer of
complexity and buys you a framework which may or may not be of any use.
"Petarian" <pe******@Hotpo p.com> wrote in message
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Eric,
I had to do a similar thing and ended up putting the contentType
directive in JSP. All of my processing is still done in Strut's Action
but the JSP displays the actual data.

Here is what I did
<%@ page contentType="te xt/xml" %><%
%>
Make sure you don't put any spaces between the contentType tag and the
body tag. Your XML parser might get confused with extra CRLF characters.

Pete
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Eric Schultz wrote:

Good afternoon...

I'm new to struts so I hope I'm not asking an obvious question, but so
far I haven't found my answer in any book, web site, or google search.

I need to develop an application that outputs primarily in XML (for
another application), but also in HTML. I'd like to use the same
logic (Actions and Forms) but how do I set my forwards to forward to
the correct JSP for the output type?

Or do I do that in my JSP? Can I set the Page Directive's contentType
to be a bean value or some other variable? And then put logic
sections in my JSP to output one or the other format?

Thanks.

Eric Schultz.

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Eric,
I had to do a similar thing and ended up putting the contentType directive in JSP. All of my processing is still done in Strut's Action but the JSP
displays the actual data.
Here is what I did
<%@ page contentType="te xt/xml" %><%
%>
Make sure you don't put any spaces between the contentType tag and the body tag. Your XML parser might get confused with extra CRLF characters.
Pete

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Eric Schultz wrote:

Good afternoon...

I'm new to struts so I hope I'm not asking an obvious question, but so
far I haven't found my answer in any book, web site, or google search.

I need to develop an application that outputs primarily in XML (for
another application), but also in HTML. I'd like to use the same
logic (Actions and Forms) but how do I set my forwards to forward to
the correct JSP for the output type?

Or do I do that in my JSP? Can I set the Page Directive's contentType
to be a bean value or some other variable? And then put logic
sections in my JSP to output one or the other format?

Thanks.

Eric Schultz.