ztemplates

Categories:	MVC Web frameworks
Author:	Gerd Ziegler
Latest version:	0.9.8.6
Description:	Web framework based on Java 1.5 Features include: - technology-agnostic URLs - fully JSP, Velocity and AJAX compatible - state-free - invisible to the web-client - uses conventions and annotations, almost no configuration: scans the classpath for annotated classes - small, few classes are visible to the programmer, mostly annotations The controller: ztemplates is built around urls; urls can define url-variables; annotate an action-pojo with @ZMatch("yourUrlPattern"); url-variable values are assigned to pojos; urls can be nested (included) in each other with url-references; the nesting supports inheritance (polymorphism); the url defines a sequence of callbacks to the action-pojo; the callbacks contain the application logic and create the view (render-pojos) The view: define the view data in render-pojos; define the view in a template file (JSP, Velocity,...); style the view with css by placing a css fragment next to the pojo; annotate the render-pojo with @ZRenderer to link the pojo to the template and css; annotate the render-pojo-properties with @ZExpose to make them available to the template; include views by exposing other render-pojos as a property with @ZExpose(render=true)
Added:	2008-01-24
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