Andy Clark wrote:
I want Jasper to look for JSP and Tag files in a
specific location (e.g. based on a request param);
and then fall back to a default location if the
file is not found. This would be extremely useful
for skinning a webapp.
We do something a little like this in a database appli
Alan Chaney wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong but you want to have a
> level of configuration which is more than just
> appearance.
It's mostly for appearance but that also ties in
with functionality. For example, if a page displays
the preferences that a user can change, a skin
author can change
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Andy,
Andy Clark wrote:
| I want Jasper to look for JSP and Tag files in a
| specific location (e.g. based on a request param);
| and then fall back to a default location if the
| file is not found. This would be extremely useful
| for skinning a web
Andy
I've followed this thread with a some interest because it ties up with
some things I've done in the past. I think you are trying to use a
technology in an inappropriate way to solve the wrong problem.
Correct me if I am wrong but you want to have a level of configuration
which is more t
Lucas wrote:
To answer the original question, there is a
> mechanism that Tomcat provides to handle the
> specific thing you want to achieve. The solution
> is very Tomcat specific, so I do not really
> recommend it, anyhow, if you really _need_to_have
> _this_ then the way to achieve it is th
Hassan wrote:
I think that this is a non-starter because the app
is already written (quite nicely, I might add) in
straight JSPs.
If it's already "quite nicely" written, why doesn't
> it do what you want? :-)
Excellent point! But ultimately there are limitations
in the extensibility of th
Ahh, just one more thing, do not even try to modify Jasper itself
unless you know what you are doing; Most people experimenting with
Jasper end up in nothing.
- lg
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Lucas Galfaso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
> To answer the original question, there is
Hi All,
To answer the original question, there is a mechanism that Tomcat
provides to handle the specific thing you want to achieve. The
solution is very Tomcat specific, so I do not really recommend it,
anyhow, if you really _need_to_have_this_ then the way to achieve it
is the following:
- E
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Andy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Many people suggested that I try various frameworks
> for the application because they contain template
> engines that may work for my purpose. Unfortunately,
> I think that this is a non-starter because the app
> is alr
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:16 -0700, Andy Clark wrote:
> Notice that the JSP/tag files that compose the
> response are a mixture of the default ones and the
> custom ones that the skin overrides. Skin authors
> should not have to make complete copies of the
> default skin tree in order to edit only
Thanks for everyone with their quick responses to
my query regarding how to override tags/JSP files.
My initial posts on the subject can be found here:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200804.mbox/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200804
aible
http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/script_aculo_us_vs_dojo
HTH
Martin
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From: "Andy Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:43 PM
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> Pid wrote:
> > Andy Clark wrote:
> >> I wa
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Andy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pid wrote:
>
>
> > Andy Clark wrote:
> >
> > > I want Jasper to look for JSP and Tag files in a
> > >
> >
> >> specific location (e.g. based on a request param);
> >> and then fall back to a default location if the
> >> fil
n why you can't use one of those frameworks and extend the "action"
servlet to forward the request to the correct jsp?
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From: Andy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 1:44 PM
To: users@tomcat.apache.org
Subject: Re: Bending Jasper
2008/4/19, Andy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I want Jasper to look for JSP and Tag files in a
> specific location (e.g. based on a request param);
> and then fall back to a default location if the
> file is not found. This would be extremely useful
> for skinning a webapp.
Must you really use
Pid wrote:
Andy Clark wrote:
I want Jasper to look for JSP and Tag files in a
>> specific location (e.g. based on a request param);
>> and then fall back to a default location if the
>> file is not found. This would be extremely useful
for skinning a webapp.
Cascading Style Sheets are an eve
/Util.html
HTH
Martin
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From: "Pid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List"
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 4:33 AM
Subject: Re: Bending Jasper to My Will
> Andy Clark wrote:
> > I have been going through the Jasper source code
> &g
Andy Clark wrote:
I have been going through the Jasper source code
to figure out how to make it do what I want but
have been unsuccessful. So I thought I would ask
the experts. (Please let me know if there is a
better forum for this particular question.)
I want Jasper to look for JSP and Tag fil
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