[Opensource] best use of framework, transitioning

[Gene McCullough]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:11:50 -0800, Michael Rimov <rimovm at centercomp.com> 
wrote:

> At 03:11 PM 3/17/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>> I've got one controller-state that needs to switch control to another 
>> controller-state.  I can make that happen with following code:
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>> MyController mycontroller = new MyController();
>> Transition newTrans = new Transition("addWizard","stringhere", 
>> mycontroller.getClass() ,"promptAppeal");
>> newTrans.transition(request,response);
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>> however, all of my parameters in the request object disappear.  Can I 
>> make them not disappear easily.  Do I need to allocate control to 
>> another controller differently?
>> Am I missing the point of Transitions all together?
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> Actually, I mandate this behavior because controllers being transitioned 
> to need to be protected from wayward parameters that may mean one thing 
> for one controller and another for the next.  Thus you need to 
> explicityly define your objects with either:  Transition.addParameter() 
> OR in rare cases where you really know the target controller, call 
> Transision.setParams(request.getParameters()); to transfer all parameters 
> over to the target controller.
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> HTH!
> -Mike
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ask and ye shall receive!  That saves me hours searching thru source code, 
Thank you.

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 gene