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A lot of great news has come out of the WebWork team. Having used WebWork on a lot of projects recently, I am a big fan, as it is simple and gets out of your damn way! :)

Some of the great news:

• Continuations: RIFE and WebWork have partnered around continuations (at least). WebWork now contains an early version of RIFE/continuations, and provides experimental support for continuations. This is so we can get closer to SeaSide if we want. Take a look at an example action:

  public class Guess extends ActionSupport {
      int guess;
  
      public String execute() throws Exception {
          int answer = new Random().nextInt(100) + 1;
          int tries = 5;
  
          while (answer != guess && tries > 0) {
              pause(SUCCESS);
  
              if (guess > answer) {
                  addFieldError("guess", "Too high!");
              } else if (guess < answer) {
                  addFieldError("guess", "Too low!");
              }
  
              tries--;
          }
  
          if (answer == guess) {
              addActionMessage("You got it!");
          } else {
              addActionMessage("You ran out of tries, the answer was " + answer);
          }
  
          return SUCCESS;
      }
  
      public void setGuess(int guess) {
          this.guess = guess;
      }
  }
  

• Spring IoC by default: WebWork is working with the Spring team too, and Spring is now the default IoC container
• WebWork in Action: "Where is the WebWork book?". It's finally here
• WebWork Dependencies: WebWork uses Ivy, and has a nice view of its dependencies