> -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: including one layout .jsp inside another? > > > I raised exactly the same question on this list a week or two > ago. I'm > glad to see someone else attempting the same thing. > > Two workarounds came out of that discussion--structure your > tiles defs > differently, or futz with <tiles:importAttribute> and > <tiles:put>. The > first approach doesn't scale well, because for every page > that includes > tabs, you need two tiles defs instead of one. (It gets worse if you > have subtabs.) The second approach works but is a kludge, > not a clean > solution. > > Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a "good" way to handle this > case with Tiles.
I dunno.. I've been doing this at least once every 2 or three weeks accidently with forwards and action classes. I usually have an action class that forwards to a definition, and try to put it where I really want a jsp page. Scales as well as your html is coded too.... > > -- Bill > > > I am trying to define a layout, one component of which is > another layout: > > > > > > <definition name="main" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/main.jsp"> > > <put name="top" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/common/top.jsp" /> > > <put name="leftNav" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/common/leftNav.jsp" /> > > </definition> > > > > > > <definition name="tabs" extends="main"> > > <put name="body" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp" /> > > </definition> > > > > <definition name="list" extends="tabs" > > > <put name="view" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/list.jsp" /> > > </definition> > > > > > > main.jsp: > > > > <html:html> > > <body> > > <tiles:insert attribute="top" /> > > <tiles:insert attribute="leftNav" /> > > <tiles:insert attribute="body" /> > > </body> > > </html:html> > > > > > > tabs.jsp: > > > > <tiles:insert attribute="view" /> > > > > > > When I forward to "list", main loads, it's children, including tabs, > > but when tabs tries to load list as a child, I get this error: > > > > [ServletException in:/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp] > > Error - Tag Insert : No value found for attribute 'view'.' > > > > > > I have tried numerous variants of my tiles defs and tiles > tags, but I > > can't get it to work. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
