Greg Reddin wrote: > > Yes, I understand, and I still have your messages from about a month ago in my inbox and have not forgotten your requests, though I'm not sure I fully understand what you are trying to do.
The typical scenario is: 1) take the HttpServletRequest, in particular a bean (in session scope) that represents a logged-in user and the HTTP request header (from which I can identify a device). 2) depending on the particular user and the particular device, send a different page appearance (read: Tiles definition) for the same name of a tiles definition. For instance, if I have a Tiles definition called "page.index" (for the homepage), you can have a homepage for the occasional visitor on a PC-Browser, a different homepage for a customer on a PDA, etc... At the moment, can Tiles (even if in the sandbox) do it? > Anyway, after you read my next mail and see the commit message associated with it you will hate me for sure :-) Especially when I read that you erased the "xmlDefinition" package... ;-) > But please know that I fully hope to support what you are trying to do. However we may need to negotiate on the specifics a bit. The thing I *do* understand about your extension to Tiles is that it relies on a piece of Tiles functionality I am factoring out. So, we'll either have to start over and factor it back in or we'll have to devise another means of factoring it in. Ok. Fast answer: 1) ComponentDefinition.getDefinition(String name, ServletRequest request) 2) DefinitionsFactory.init(Map params, ServletContext context) (1) is for getting a different definition depending on the request; (2) is for getting resources in the implementation of DefinitionsFactory. > > So, please be patient with me. I'm trying to shrink the footprint and learning curve of Tiles now while we have a shot at doing so. If, in the process, I inadvertently remove functionality that people are relying on, then I'll either back up or put it back in another way. I *will* work with you to help you get going even if it means I have to help refactor your code :-) That's no problem, I made a branch in the CVS to put the old code in a safe ;-) > In the meantime, remember that Tiles is in the sandbox. You should not be relying on any API stability or compatibility with anything else. It is experimental and guaranteed to change. Dimensions (with Tiles standalone) too. > > Look for another message from me soon and we can take the discussion from there. > > Thanks, > Greg > Thanks to you ;-) By the way I am going to post a patch with the small "hacks" I made (about loading config parameters). You'll see a bug report soon... Antonio Petrelli --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
