U should try tiles for this

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On Jun 22, 2010, at 10:03 AM, "Antonio S." <inganto...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I'm a beginner in web development with Struts2 and I'm planning the
> structure of my application. Let me tell you my problem.
> 
> With 'page composition strategy' I mean the strategy for making all
> pages in the application share the same HTML structure (header,
> left-column, content, right column, footer) using template inclusion
> mechanisms or others.
> 
> Currently I'm using inclusion and all my JSPs share the same structure: 
> 
> A. 'include' prelude content: header, left-column.
> B. Specific content.
> C. 'include' coda content: right-column, footer.
> 
> I don't like this approach and I'm thinking about alternatives; I wonder
> if Struts2 can help with this:
> 
> i. Use the very same JSP template for all requests. That template would
> include specific content by calling the corresponding segment. This
> would involve a default result pointing to this JSP template and some
> means of specifying the name of the specific segment that will be
> invoked from inside the main template. 
> 
> ii. Use result pages as segments and render only specific content. Later
> on, some interceptor or servlet filter would include prelude and coda in
> the output stream.
> 
> So, my questions are:
> 
> 1. Can you recommend the best practice for page composition in Struts2?
> 2. Can I use Struts2 for implementing above mentioned strategies i. and
> ii.? How?
> 
> Thanks for your time. 
> Regards.
> Antonio.
> 
> 
> 
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