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On Aug 25, 2008, at 7:26 PM, z w wrote:
Thanks a lot. I'll try it.> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:18:30 +0200>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]>
Subject: Re: Change portal page from within portlet ?> > Hi,> > see
my comments below.> > z w wrote:> > Hi,> > > > In a portal, we must
integrate an application doing a search then showing a result page.>
> This application should be implemented as a portlet.> > > >
Assuming we have 3 pages in the portlet:> > Page 1: Simple search: a
form with a single text field, whose action is launching a search,
this page contains also a link to Page 2 who corresponds to Advanced
search.> > Page 2: Advanced search: a form with multiple fields,
whose action is also launching a search.> > Page 3: list of results,
who is used for displaying results of Page 1 and Page 2.> > > > On
the portal's permanent menu, a small region shows always the Page 1
(Simple search).> > The central zone of the portal initially shows
information from other portlets.> > When one click on the link of
the Page 1, the central zone of the portal must display the Page 2
(Advanced search).> > When one type a name and submit the form of
the Page 1 (Simple Search), the central zone of the portal displays
the Page 3 (List of results).> > When one type in information and
submit the form of the Page 2 (Advanced search), the central zone
displays the Page 3 (List of results).> > > > Beeing new to portlet,
I've quite a few questions:> > 1) should Page 1 be defined as a
portlet and the central zone as another portlet ?> > > to make your
portlet application more modular, I would implement the > three
portlets as separate portlets.> > > 2) if so, both portlets can be
the same war ?> > > > Yes, it makes sense to put all these portlets
in the same war, since > they are strongly related.> > > 3) how can
I show the portal page containg Page 2 (Advanced Search) when I
click on the link inside Page 1 (how to specify the good URL inside
my JSP) ?> > > > since you use three separate portlets on different
pages, you will have > to use three separate PSMLs for this, each
containing a different > portlet setup. Just use the relative (!)
url to the PSML to navigate > between pages, e.g. "page1.psml",
"page2.psml".> > > 4) is similar to 3), how can I trigger
processAction() of my portlet when submit the form from Page 1
(Simple Search) and at the same time instruct the portal to switch
to the page containing the Page 3 (List of results) ?> > > > > your
question is not entirely clear .. do you want to trigger >
processAction of the portlet belonging to the page 1 or for page 3?
You > cannot call a processAction of a different portlet, only to
the portlet > which is creating the action url. Why do you need a
processAction, for > validation of the search query ? If that's the
case, you can call the > processAction of portlet 1, and
conditionally redirect to portlet 3 (or > back to the page
containing portlet 1, if validation failed). You can > pass on the
query parameters to portlet 3 as request parameters (since > you
cannot set render parameters of another portlet). By default, >
request parameters are not passed through to portlets, but you can >
enable this by setting two properties in override.properties (or >
jetspeed.properties) :> >
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
> # Until version 2.1, Jetspeed merged portal request parameters
with > portlet specific> # parameters, effectively allowing "shared"
parameters.> # This is not compliant with the JSR-168 PLT.11, so by
default this is > now disabled.> #> # By setting
merge.portal.parameters.with.portlet.parameters=true this > feature
can> # be "restored".> # In the situation of portal and portlet
parameters with the same name, > by default> # the portlet
parameters will be provided first in the values array, but > this
too> # can be overridden by setting >
merge.portal.parameters.before.portlet.parameters=true> #> # Setting
both these properties to true will deliver the "old" pre-2.1 >
behavior.> # Note: for individual portlets, these global settings
can be overridden > by setting> # these properties as metadata in
jetspeed-portlet.xml>
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
> merge.portal.parameters.with.portlet.parameters=false>
merge.portal.parameters.before.portlet.parameters=false> > > HTH,>
Dennis> > Thanks in advance,> > > > wzx> >
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