Can I stick with a wizard or do I need Web Flow ? complex, search

amy

I have a linear wizard, with a strict flow of pages from start to finish.

On some pages I might have to do an address search, (e.g. type in address on main page, hit search, goes off to a list of search results, pick one, returns to main page in wizard).

Can I do this using an AbstractWizardFormController or do I need to switch to WebFlow ?

As soon as you need to start doing anything remotely complex you should consider Spring Web Flow.

SWF really does make implementing complex page navigation a doddle.


Originally Posted by yatescoAs soon as you need to start doing anything remotely complex you should consider Spring Web Flow.

SWF really does make implementing complex page navigation a doddle.OK ta Colin, I have Expert Spring MVC and Web Flow in front of me so it's flippers on, dive into the deep end here I go !

Hey; good book   

Just don't ask me for the updated code samples just yet....


Originally Posted by yatescoHey; good book   

Just don't ask me for the updated code samples just yet....

Hi

After literally months of banging my head against a brick wall and being forced to use some 3rd party quot;screen generatorquot;, the powers that be finally relented and within 1 day, we have re-written the bulk of the application in SpringWebFlow (at least the back end was already in Spring).  And that was from knowing nothing about WebFlow at the beginning of the day.

I cannot  praise the Spring developers highly enough, the entire framweork from the core, to the web, and webflow is incredibly well thought out. I am amazed how quickly two of us managed to get a 20 page web flow knocked up (one day) .

Awesome dudes !

(Reading up on some old posts)

Thanks for the kind words! I'll have to use this as quote somewhere

Erwin