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The following page has been changed by MarkyGoldstein: http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsAndPortlets The comment on the change is: P ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are there plans to write a frontcontroller for portlets: ActionPortlet (modelled like ActionServlet)? BEA's JSR-168 compliant portal already accepts struts webapps, - but from what I can gather the struts app need to be configured to use their (propiertary?) frontcontroller. + but from what I can gather the struts app need to be configured to use their frontcontroller (propiertary? not exactly; see the Open Source Project Apache Beehive, but yes, Portlets are not yet part of J2EE & Servlet specification... - you still need a Portlet Container, but even Tapestry and Spring ar delivering Portlet support already or very soon). - Doesn't IBM's Portal Server framework use a modified version of Struts? + Doesn't IBM's Portal Server framework use a modified version of Struts? (I don't think; the IBM Portal Server is a MVC based Portal running on their own kind of architecture, but it can easily integrate Struts Portlets: the question is what is a Struts Portlet and is it really the best solution?) Jetspeed 2 also has its own Struts-Portlet Framework, allowing Struts applications to be developed as JSR-168 portlets. - Its still preliminairy work based on a nightly snapshot of Struts (20040407) but already the example application is running fine as a portlet. + Its still preliminairy work based on a nightly snapshot of Struts (20040407) but already the example application is running fine as a portlet. (I guess this Struts- The Apache portal project contains a [http://portals.apache.org/bridges/multiproject/portals-bridges-struts/index.html Struts bridge] that allows Struts and Struts tiles applications to be run as JSR168 portlets. + ---- + I agree that Portlets are an important technology, and that technology should be better integrated into Struts and Struts-Shale, and there should better integration in all Servlet Containers. Microsoft is also give Webparts as part of .net 2.0. + --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
