See intermixed > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Jouravlev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:02 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Action Oriented Framework Rendering Mode > > > On 2/21/06, Pilgrim, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I have a requirement to possibly build a new web application to > > > >support portlets and also be displayable in a standard Java EE > > > >webapp server in the future. > > Do you mean any portlets or JSR-168 portlets? > Actually I am unsure of the portlet world. I believe the target server is going to be a Weblogic Portal server. So I am assuming it will be JSR 168 portlets. Does this make a huge difference?
> > > >Basically it looks like the web application has to > > > >support two view styles. > > > > > > > >One style is the classical Tiles and regionalisation of the > > > >JSP view. For instance you would have a corporate header, > > > >footer, a navigation menu and a content area. This is something > > > >that every web developer like myself has done over the > > > >last five years. > > > > >The other style is to chuck all the extra tiles stuff away like > > > >the header, portal and menu system. For the portlet view > > > >just render the content region. The content > > > >view is the same as it would with the Tiles regions. > > > > >I have called this a ``style'', but now I come to think > > > >of it ought to be called a ``mode'' as in mode of (render) > > > >employment. > > > > > > > >Thoughts are most welcome, even from the > Component-oriented people. > > > > > > > > Any more ideas more than welcomed. > > How about this as food for thought: http://jspcontrols.sourceforge.net > >From the book WebWork in Action, I believe Webwork can implement some aspect of a page controller methodolody, by using the <ww:action> tag inside a JSP. In this way a WW action can render a portion of the view. What I dont know is if you can use the <ww:action> tag to render AJAX components i.e. AJAX styled box out or dependency list drop downs. BTW: The JSP Control live examples look nice. Thanks -- Peter Pilgrim :: J2EE Software Development Operations/IT - Credit Suisse Group - "One Bank", Floor 15, 5 Canada Square, London E14 4QJ, United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)207-883-4497 :::: peter dot pilgrim at credit-suisse.com :::: ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
