Waffle Web Framework

Waffle is a Java web framework that makes the process of developing Java based web applications easier. It was built to support enterprise level web-based business applications, but with the least possible number of source lines to achieve that.

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

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

  1. Controllers - an controller in Waffle does not need to extend or implement any specific class or interface because a controller is simply a plain old Java object (POJO).
  2. ActionMethod - in Waffle an ActionMethod is simply a method defined in your Controller 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.
  3. Registrar - the Registrar is where you go to register the Controllers, 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 logic.

Additionally, Waffle provides:

Getting started

The best way to get started is to look at the examples

Choices of markup language

As Waffle does not come with a HTML markup technology, it plays well with other 'best practice' solutions: