Waffle 0.7 Beta 1 review

Waffle is a Java web framework that makes the process of developing Java based web applications easier

License: BSD License File size: 0K Developer: Michael Ward

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Waffle is a Java web framework that makes the process of developing Java based web applications easier. Waffle Web framework was built to support enterprise level web-based business applications.

Waffle is different than the multitude of web frameworks that exist today.

it does NOT have any proprietary XML configuration files
it does NOT have a steep learning curve
it does NOT have a proprietary UI templating language
easily maps an http request directly to any Java classes method

Application built upon Waffle only need to be aware of three things:

Actions - an action in Waffle does not need to extend or implement any specific class or interface because an action is simply a plain old Java object (Pojo).
ActionMethod - in Waffle an ActionMethod is simply a method defined in your Action class. Any method can be used regardless of its signature or return type. Waffle will react differently depending on what is returned from the ActionMethod so take a look at this section for further details.
Registrar - the Registrar is where you go to register the Actions, and other common components, your application is dependent on. Typically most web frameworks require your applications to create special XML file(s) for this, but with Waffle you'll spend less time playing with XML and more time building business value.

What's New in This Release:
Waffle has been updated with full ParaNamer support as an alternative to annotations.
It is now easier to handle user errors when binding or validation fails.
Developers can override ActionMethod invocation through "pragma-driven" requests.
Overall performance improvements were done.