Hello ,
Am trying to explore SEAM and after looking at the first example my views are ::
Using EL we bind the data to a backed up bean
( advantage being no need to manually set values )
Backed up bean needs to have wo annotations
@Name & @Scope
Action Listener is bound to the UI using a annotation of @In
After looking at all of this * am used to developing apps using
struts )
I find struts much cleaner and much more layered
Seam in an attempt to avoid XML seems to have annotations freely thrown around
My understanding is SEEMS totally violates MVC - here the View is configured with Model
I am new and maybe I do not understand the details - but to my novice eye
is SEAM really worth it ?
Also is it app server independent or is it something specific to
Jboss ?
People complain about the struts-config file being monolithic - but my arguement is atleast you have all config elements at one place !
Final question - and this frustrates me the most ( maybe I should leave software !
) - why is there a need to change what works well in struts with the introduction of
JSF / SEAM
Am expecting to be smacked over my head - but I need to vent my frustrations !
Regards,
-anagha