A totally optional part of the Seam Application Framework is the class Controller
and its subclasses EntityController
HibernateEntityController
and BusinessProcessController
. These classes provide nothing more than some convenience methods for access to commonly used built-in components and methods of built-in components. They help save a few keystrokes (characters can add up!) and provide a great launchpad for new users to explore the rich functionality built in to Seam.
For example, here is what RegisterAction
from the Seam registration example would look like:
@Stateless
@Name("register")
public class RegisterAction extends EntityController implements Register
{
@In private User user;
public String register()
{
List existing = createQuery("select u.username from User u where u.username=:username")
.setParameter("username", user.getUsername())
.getResultList();
if ( existing.size()==0 )
{
persist(user);
info("Registered new user #{user.username}");
return "/registered.jspx";
}
else
{
addFacesMessage("User #{user.username} already exists");
return null;
}
}
}
As you can see, its not an earthshattering improvement...