Acronym Controller Done
The controller is finished, although it may change later. It takes a URL string from the request and instantiates an Action object which then can forward someone to a JSP page or do whatever.
Acronym Controller Progress
Finally got a useful action map coded. Before, the controller was just simply printing Strings. Now, Classes are being instantiated from a Properties file and the Action interface is working as it should. The latest version of the Controller is posted.
Acronym Project Update
Accomplished a few things today ... I finally figured out how to create an externalized mapping of commands to classes. I was reading a chapter in the book JavaServer Pages by Oreilly. They described a popular technique of creating an Action Interface and then extending this interface to give you a mapping of actions to class names. This is the code snippet they show:
Acronym Java Project
I am going to document my progress through a personal challenge so to help others and myself learn about steps A-Z in creating a web app from scratch.
The Acronym Challenge is going to be a posting game (I use this term loosely) where an acronym will be posted and people submit entries that match the acronym. For example, TCP = tangy chocolate popsicles. Then the entries can be voted on. A set number of top scoring entries will be displayed, etc, etc. The entire system will be anonymous to start with and may or may not incorporate login functionality. I want it to be easy to use.