[opencms-dev] Struts Integration

[Kenneth Lewelling]

	Thank you for your comment and I agree completely. I probably wasn't very
clear. OpenCms would manage the jsp files from Struts applications natively
(like an other jsp file), however in Struts you use a mapping scheme to
access Struts Actions (which extend an interface). Any security is handled
in the jsp files or the your Action class. Typically all request from .do
(i.e. http://somedomain.com/login.do) are checked against a logical name in
the struts.xml file (i.e.. any requests to /login.do goes to
com.yourpackage.MyLogin which extends the Action interface.
	The whole idea of having an addition resources is to control access to
these logical names declaratively. Just as the Struts jsp files will follow
OpenCms security model, the logical mappings to Actions will also. This
should have no affect on importing or exporting a Struts application.
Actions can still implement a security model, however in the OpenCms
environment it will have OpenCms's security model as well. Having Actions
(really the logical mapping) identified by a new OpenCms resource would have
the additional benefit of integrating with the current project management
system as well.

Hope this clears things up, not confuse them further. I will probably do a
more in-depth case study and post it on my website.
Kenneth Lewelling
http://opencmsstruts.sourceforge.net

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
[mailto:owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org]On Behalf Of Anil K Patel
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:02 PM
To: opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Struts Integration


Kenneth,
I am not able to imagine what exactly you want to get with Integrating
OpenCMS/Struts.
To me It means.
the View part is Managed by OpenCMS. We should be able to develop web
applicaiton without OpenCMS. Once developed, We should be able to import,
All JSP/html files into OpenCMS Keeping the Directory hirarcy. The JSP
should become body with Page template coming from OpenCMS templating system.
By usiing OpenCMS Management of View becomes Lot easier and Organised. By
using Struts Application development becomes easy.

All this is Just what I think.

Anil K Patel
Aditisoft Inc
www.aditisoft.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Lewelling" <klewelling at curoalemanz.com>
To: <opencms-dev at www.opencms.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: RE: [opencms-dev] Struts Integration


>
> Please let me know if this is possible so that I don't waste a time doing
> something that is impossible. It has to do with creating a CmsLauncher for
> Struts actions (when I refer to actions I am realy refering to the url
> mapping to the action (ie map /logon.do to com.somepackage.logonaction)).
I
> would like to figure out a way to use OpenCms's declarative security model
> for the Struts actions. The logical choice is to have the actions in the
> workplace. This would require a new OpenCms resouce (like jsp, xml
template,
> text,etc) because these "action resouces" would have no content, they
would
> be place-holders to allow declarative security. These "ation resouces"
would
> need to be tightly managed through a Struts administrative interface so
that
> they were not created or deleted in the workplace breaking the Struts
> application.  My question is, would it be possible to restrict users from
> create/deleting an "action resource" in the OpenCms workplace?
>
> Kenneth Lewelling
> http://opencmsstruts.sourceforge.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
> [mailto:owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org]On Behalf Of Alexander
> Kandzior
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 3:04 AM
> To: opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
> Subject: RE: [opencms-dev] Struts Integration
>
>
> Very good. I will try and help as much as I can.
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex.
>
> Alexander Kandzior
> Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
> http://www.alkacon.com
>