*"*Here is a gratuitous ego booster for Clinton, but I must say that I love the extra struts package in in the J{{`Pet}}`Store that allows mapping to bean methods. The use of thread local context is so nice not having to pass the servlet objects around.
I read about a lot of people complaining about struts, but I think that if they added this to their system then they wouldn't complain so much. Its a wonder that, AFAIK, this hasn't become either the standard or at least an option in the struts jar. Oh, and DispatchAction does not count.
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- Mark Bennet
*"*Hey Gang, just wanted to share some success that I have had using a struts/ibatis/mysql combo. I was tasked by my employer to create a client portal that allowed them to control aspects of their "stuff". I had already decided to do it in Struts/JSP using the good old MVC methodology. Originally I was going to use hibernate since I had used it before with some success. But in this case the database was "Legacy" and changing it required many levels of approval. Ibatis is a much easier tool to use when you have an existing db, I've found. Anyway I just had a demo at a trade show and it went very well. Here is a letter from the VP of sales regarding the show:
"First of all the show in NY went great!!!!
I wanted to take a minute to thank all of you for your hard work on the client portal. I just got back from the show and the feedback was fantastic!!!! Everyone that we presented the portal to was extremely impressed and said it will be a big benefit to them. The clients said that they do not know of anyone else that has this kind of tool and are really looking forward to using it on their future projects.
I know how hard everyone worked on this and I just wanted each of you to know how much I appreciate the effort."
I just wanted to share these small victories with all the developers that working hard on making OSS tools world class products."
- Vincent
"Thanks ... You guys have done a great job with iBATIS and it has started getting a lot of traction because developers have started figuring out ORM is more hype (la EJB) than practical."
- Antony Joseph