Tiles & Dynamic Menu: Design Question

2004-02-10 Thread ZCurtis
Struts v1.1

We are currently using Struts and Tiles and have a dynamic navigation menu 
with 2-3 nested levels for each top-level menu item (over 100 total menu 
items). Currently, we are generating links with the action mapping and 
then appending menu parameters to the url to determine what level in the 
menu hierarchy the user is requesting. The parameters that are passed in 
the URL are then read in scriptlet code in the navigation menu tile to 
display the appropriate menu item. Struts Action mappings are pointed to 
Tiles definitions.

The problems with this approach include:
1) All URLs are defined in the ApplicationResources.properties file (e.g., 
menu.itemA=actionMapping.do?top=topMenuItem&sub1=subMenu1&sub2=subMenu2).
2) 3-4 parameters passed in the URL for every request to determine 
navigational hierarchy.
3) A great deal of scriptlet code in the navigation menu tile.

I have searched the archive list, Google, and looked at Struts Menu at 
sf.net and nothing seems to jump out at me. This is my first J2EE project 
and first Struts/Tiles project, so I may have missed (not comprehended) 
some things when searching.

In my relative inexperience, it would seem that the menu items would be 
better defined in XML (instead of ApplicationResources), although the link 
label would need to still be in ApplicationResources for i18n, perhaps 
just a single key could be passed in the URL, and replace scriptlet code 
with a tag (custom?). Can any one offer me some insights or point me to 
some resources that can help me?

Thanks much!

Zach


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Tiles & Dynamic Menu: Design Question

2004-02-06 Thread ZCurtis
Struts v1.1

We are currently using Struts and Tiles and have a dynamic navigation menu 
with 2-3 nested levels for each top-level menu item (over 100 total menu 
items). Currently, we are generating links with the action mapping and 
then appending parameters to determine what level in the menu hierarchy 
the user is requesting. The parameters are passed in the URL which are 
then read in scriptlet code in the navigation menu tile to display the 
appropriate menu item. Action mappings are pointed to Tiles definitions.

The problems with this approach inlcude:
1) All URLs are defined in the ApplicationResources.properties file (e.g., 
menu.itemA=mapping.do?top=topMenuItem&sub1=subMenu1&sub2=subMenu2).
2) 3-4 parameters passed in the URL for every request to determine 
navigational level.
3) A great deal of scriptlet code in the navigation menu tile.

I have searched the archive list, Google, and looked at Struts Menu at 
sf.net and nothing seems to jump out at me. This is my first J2EE project 
and first Struts/Tiles project, so I may have missed (not comprehended) 
some things when searching.

In my relative inexperience, it would seem that the menu items would be 
better defined in XML (instead of ApplicationResources), although the link 
label would need to still be in ApplicationResources, perhaps just a 
single key could be passed in the URL, and replace scriptlet code with a 
tag (custom?). Can any one offer me some insights or point me to some 
resources that help me?

Thanks much!

Zach Curtis
TSYS Technology Center
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
208-424-2145


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jsp:param & nested tag & null

2004-02-03 Thread ZCurtis
struts v1.1
jsp v1.2

When I pass a jsp:param to a dynamic include and try to read the parameter 
in a nested:equal I get a 'null' error message. When I change the tag to a 
logic:equal it seems to work. I'm just trying to understand why this is 
happening?

* Main.jsp *

...other code...





* MyInc.jsp *






 





table cell data




 
Thanks much! 

Zach Curtis
TSYS Technology Center
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
208-424-2145


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Multiple Properties Files

2003-12-10 Thread ZCurtis
I have searched the archive and could not resolve my issue. I have a 
struts-config.xml file where I would like to specify multiple properties 
files. A "common" properties file for the main application and an "image" 
properties file. I tried the following:

struts-config.xml



I see that both properties files are initialized when the server starts.

List.jsp:


error when running jsp:

[ServletException in:/WEB-INF/directorystuff/List.jsp] Cannot find message resources 
under key IMG_RESOURCE_KEY' 

I did see one comment in the archive that mentioned if you are using the 
validator (which I am) that you can't use multiple properties file, but I 
couldn't find any additional comments to substantiate this statement. Any 
thoughts?

Thank you.

Zach Curtis
TSYS Technology Center
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
208-424-2145


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