Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
Subject: Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1 From: Eric Weiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Cedric, I am trying to get Tiles installed using struts 1.1b, but am having difficulty. According to one of your posts to this news group, I supposed to be using the plug-in wth 1.1b. I have tried and failed to get it working and am not sure if I should be using the plug-in method. I have also downloaded the latest struts nightly build but it does not contain tiles.jar. Should I be using the tiles.jar from the 1.1b distribution? Thx, Eric Weiss Cedric Dumoulin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi, Using the TilesPlugin is now the way to go with Struts1.1 nightly build. The documentation is updated. Please send me any faulty url if you find something else ! Check http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_tiles.html, and also struts-documentation.war which is much accurate. Cedric Dylan van Iersel wrote: Hi all, Can anybody tell me how to configure Struts with Tiles. Am I supposed to use TilesRequestProcessor and if so how do I point it to the tile definitions xml file? In addition, am I supposed to use the TilesAction as the base class for my actions? I am using the DispatchAction and cannot find a corresponding TilesDispatchAction. Also, the TilesAction uses the now deprecated perform() method. I've plowed through, I think, all of the available documentation and found various examples but cannot determine which one is correct. Am I making sense is the correct question to end this post I think. Dylan -- Dylan van Iersel -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
Hi, Using the TilesPlugin is now the way to go with Struts1.1 nightly build. The documentation is updated. Please send me any faulty url if you find something else ! Check http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_tiles.html, and also struts-documentation.war which is much accurate. Cedric Dylan van Iersel wrote: Hi all, Can anybody tell me how to configure Struts with Tiles. Am I supposed to use TilesRequestProcessor and if so how do I point it to the tile definitions xml file? In addition, am I supposed to use the TilesAction as the base class for my actions? I am using the DispatchAction and cannot find a corresponding TilesDispatchAction. Also, the TilesAction uses the now deprecated perform() method. I've plowed through, I think, all of the available documentation and found various examples but cannot determine which one is correct. Am I making sense is the correct question to end this post I think. Dylan -- Dylan van Iersel -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
Ok, I've had my third cup. It works. Thank you very much. Should have read Chuck's chapter a bit more thoroughly. Dylan Eddie Bush said: I never trust myself until I have my third cup of morning coffee :-) As I said in another post, we're all human ... at least, I hope we are! :-) Good Luck! Eddie -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
I´m still on my second. no wonder I´m not quite awake yet! ;-) Michael - Original Message - From: Dylan van Iersel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1 Ok, I've had my third cup. It works. Thank you very much. Should have read Chuck's chapter a bit more thoroughly. Dylan Eddie Bush said: I never trust myself until I have my third cup of morning coffee :-) As I said in another post, we're all human ... at least, I hope we are! :-) Good Luck! Eddie -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
Excellent! Dylan van Iersel wrote: Ok, I've had my third cup. It works. Thank you very much. Should have read Chuck's chapter a bit more thoroughly. Dylan Eddie Bush said: I never trust myself until I have my third cup of morning coffee :-) As I said in another post, we're all human ... at least, I hope we are! :-) Good Luck! Eddie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
plug-in className=org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin !-- This represents my config - you could also have /WEB-INF/anyfile.xml -- !-- You may include *multiple* config files by seperating them with commas! -- !-- Ex: value=/path/to/file1.xml,/path/to/file2.xml -- set-property property='definitions-config' value='/WEB-INF/conf/tiles-config.xml'/ set-property property='definitions-debug' value='2'/ set-property property='definitions-parser-details' value='2'/ set-property property='definitions-parser-validate' value='true'/ /plug-in I'm using a nightly - things are on the move wrt how Tiles functions wrt Struts/integration. I believe this is how you should now include Tiles functionality in your struts-config.xml. Check out Chuck's book review on theserverside.com! You can get much information on this process there! (Kudos to Chuck for an excellent book! ... can't wait til my copy arrives! ;-) HTH, Eddie Dylan van Iersel wrote: Hi all, Can anybody tell me how to configure Struts with Tiles. Am I supposed to use TilesRequestProcessor and if so how do I point it to the tile definitions xml file? In addition, am I supposed to use the TilesAction as the base class for my actions? I am using the DispatchAction and cannot find a corresponding TilesDispatchAction. Also, the TilesAction uses the now deprecated perform() method. I've plowed through, I think, all of the available documentation and found various examples but cannot determine which one is correct. Am I making sense is the correct question to end this post I think. Dylan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
Subject: Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1 From: Torgeir Veimo [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Dylan van Iersel wrote: Hi all, Can anybody tell me how to configure Struts with Tiles. Am I supposed to use TilesRequestProcessor and if so how do I point it to the tile definitions xml file? In addition, am I supposed to use the TilesAction as the base class for my actions? I am using the DispatchAction and cannot find a corresponding TilesDispatchAction. Also, the TilesAction uses the now deprecated perform() method. I've plowed through, I think, all of the available documentation and found various examples but cannot determine which one is correct. Am I making sense is the correct question to end this post I think. I think you will have much better success with struts nightly, or wait for beta2, with tiles integrated. -- -Torgeir -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
I have just checked out the nightly 1.1b1. It does not include the TilesPlugin anymore and I remember having read somewhere that the TilesPlugin is to be used in Struts 1.0. I remember that for 1.1b1 one should use TilesRequestProcessor. However, when requesting an action path, I consistently get a NullPointerException. Indeed, KUDOS to Chuck. It has helped me very much. Can't wait till my copy arrives either :-) Cheers, Dylan Eddie Bush said: plug-in className=org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesPlugin !-- This represents my config - you could also have /WEB-INF/anyfile.xml -- !-- You may include *multiple* config files by seperating them with commas! -- !-- Ex: value=/path/to/file1.xml,/path/to/file2.xml -- set-property property='definitions-config' value='/WEB-INF/conf/tiles-config.xml'/ set-property property='definitions-debug' value='2'/ set-property property='definitions-parser-details' value='2'/ set-property property='definitions-parser-validate' value='true'/ /plug-in I'm using a nightly - things are on the move wrt how Tiles functions wrt Struts/integration. I believe this is how you should now include Tiles functionality in your struts-config.xml. Check out Chuck's book review on theserverside.com! You can get much information on this process there! (Kudos to Chuck for an excellent book! ... can't wait til my copy arrives! ;-) -- Dylan van Iersel -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
I think you have it bass-ackwards ... goes-to-double-check/ Dylan van Iersel wrote: I have just checked out the nightly 1.1b1. It does not include the TilesPlugin anymore and I remember having read somewhere that the TilesPlugin is to be used in Struts 1.0. I remember that for 1.1b1 one should use TilesRequestProcessor. However, when requesting an action path, I consistently get a NullPointerException. Indeed, KUDOS to Chuck. It has helped me very much. Can't wait till my copy arrives either :-) Cheers, Dylan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
The latest nightly, in the tiles-documentation.war file, if you unpack it, has a struts-config.xml. If you notice (I'm assuming this is what you referenced), the RequestProcessor override has been commented out. However, the plug-in element is there! I'm basing my view off this information. If that does not accurately represent how to configure Tiles, then I am mistaken. Mine works just fine using the plugin though ;-) I recall Cedric having said that the standard actions were going to be able to handle definitions directly. My _guess_ is that they're removing the requirement for the path element to start with a /. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what all it entails. I really think you want the plug-in element though, and not the request processor ;-) If you find a definitive source that says otherwise, please reply here and post a link to it - please. I hate to misinform folks, but I honestly believe I am correct. Ah ... was going to send it as it was, but I decided to reference Chuck's book. If you look at the section Configuring Tiles to Work with Struts (Chapter 15), you'll see a note he put in that says, and I quote ;-) : With earlier versions of the Tiles framework, you had to configure a special ActionServlet called ActionComponentServlet in the web.xml file. You were also forced to configure a special RequestProcessor in the Struts controller element. This is no longer true and a Tiles PlugIn is now available and will take care of all of the initialization. Thanks! Eddie Eddie Bush wrote: I think you have it bass-ackwards ... goes-to-double-check/ Dylan van Iersel wrote: I have just checked out the nightly 1.1b1. It does not include the TilesPlugin anymore and I remember having read somewhere that the TilesPlugin is to be used in Struts 1.0. I remember that for 1.1b1 one should use TilesRequestProcessor. However, when requesting an action path, I consistently get a NullPointerException. Indeed, KUDOS to Chuck. It has helped me very much. Can't wait till my copy arrives either :-) Cheers, Dylan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
Hi Eddie, Thanks for your reply. I must have had my head in the blender or something. It have encountered so much different sources of documentation that things got mixed up. Anyway, I'll try your suggestion tomorrow and let you know how things went. Again thanks for your help and effort. Dylan On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 17:23, Eddie Bush wrote: The latest nightly, in the tiles-documentation.war file, if you unpack it, has a struts-config.xml. If you notice (I'm assuming this is what you referenced), the RequestProcessor override has been commented out. However, the plug-in element is there! I'm basing my view off this information. If that does not accurately represent how to configure Tiles, then I am mistaken. Mine works just fine using the plugin though ;-) I recall Cedric having said that the standard actions were going to be able to handle definitions directly. My _guess_ is that they're removing the requirement for the path element to start with a /. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what all it entails. I really think you want the plug-in element though, and not the request processor ;-) If you find a definitive source that says otherwise, please reply here and post a link to it - please. I hate to misinform folks, but I honestly believe I am correct. Ah ... was going to send it as it was, but I decided to reference Chuck's book. If you look at the section Configuring Tiles to Work with Struts (Chapter 15), you'll see a note he put in that says, and I quote ;-) : With earlier versions of the Tiles framework, you had to configure a special ActionServlet called ActionComponentServlet in the web.xml file. You were also forced to configure a special RequestProcessor in the Struts controller element. This is no longer true and a Tiles PlugIn is now available and will take care of all of the initialization. Thanks! Eddie Eddie Bush wrote: I think you have it bass-ackwards ... goes-to-double-check/ Dylan van Iersel wrote: I have just checked out the nightly 1.1b1. It does not include the TilesPlugin anymore and I remember having read somewhere that the TilesPlugin is to be used in Struts 1.0. I remember that for 1.1b1 one should use TilesRequestProcessor. However, when requesting an action path, I consistently get a NullPointerException. Indeed, KUDOS to Chuck. It has helped me very much. Can't wait till my copy arrives either :-) Cheers, Dylan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Groeten, Dylan --- Dylan van Iersel Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:www.van-iersel.org ICQ#: 46244248 --- - --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tiles configuration with Struts 1.1b1
I never trust myself until I have my third cup of morning coffee :-) As I said in another post, we're all human ... at least, I hope we are! :-) Good Luck! Eddie Dylan van Iersel wrote: Hi Eddie, Thanks for your reply. I must have had my head in the blender or something. It have encountered so much different sources of documentation that things got mixed up. Anyway, I'll try your suggestion tomorrow and let you know how things went. Again thanks for your help and effort. Dylan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
