Re: [cinjug-users] Struts FormBean <--> Domain Best Practice?

[Mike Helmick <helmick@xxxxxxxxx>]

personally ---
I always just include my domain objects (usually hibernate POJOs) as members of my form bean

no conversion needed :)

<plug>this pattern works better with tapestry</plug>

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Michael T Helmick,  M.S. 2004 NKU, B.S. 2000 XU
Ph.D. Student - University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering
Web: http://mikehelmick.com/
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On Mar 23, 2005, at 7:46 PM, josh marotti wrote:

> I have been involved in the development of several struts
> applications.  The one thing I have noticed is that everyone has a
> different way of converting formbeans to domain (or value) objects and
> back.  I've seen a conversion manager that lists all the converts as
> static methods, a semi-factory pattern, having a formbean having a
> 'toDomain()' method and the domain having a 'toFormBean()' method,
> etc...
>
> The question is, has anyone created a best practice to doing these
> conversions?  Is it just a matter of personal preference?  Is it
> dependent on the project?
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
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