Re: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet
David, thanks for your help. I figured out a simple solution to the problem which looks like it will work. BTW the "Tiles Advanced Features PDF" is an excellent resource - thanks. Lots of good patterns and examples. William - Original Message - From: "David G. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 12:27 AM Subject: RE: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > If you are only serving HTML pages and want to wrap them in your standard > layout, forget tiles and check out SiteMesh: > www.opensymphony.com/sitemesh > > The Tiles mapping I suggested can do more complex things for you than > SiteMesh. It would require setting up a tiles controller. They are > explained well, and with examples, in the Tiles Advanced Features PDF. See > the Struts' site's UserGuide on Tiles for a link at the bottom of the page > to that PDF. > > Regards, > David > > -Original Message- > From: William Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 5:39 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > > > Doh - I guess I wasn't clear enough. > > I want to have the Requests for the html pages (Section2) forwarded to a > standardLayout page which uses tiles to provide consistent screens. The > originally targetted html page needs to be included/embedded within the > standardLayout page. > > David, I guess I could be missing something (wouldn't be the first time), > but I don't think your solution will give me that will it? Its more about > allowing the html files to themselves contain a tile. > > If I could somehow get the html requests to be forwarded to a single page, > then I could do it. > But I can't see how to do this without using a 2nd ActionServlet which > brings me back in the original pain. > > > William > > > - Original Message - > From: "David G. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 3:35 PM > Subject: RE: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > > > > William, > > > > For Section 2, IF you are using the same webapp, you can make a tile show > up > > in a JSP without using the Actionservlet (you just need to have the Struts > > plugIn initialize the tiles from the tiles xml configuration. Try > creating > > a JSP with this type of syntax: > > > > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> > > > > > > Now, to get the *.html mapping to work, you'd have to reonfigure yout > > application server to map *.html pages so they are handled by the JSP > > engine. In tomcat, you can do that like this: > > > > > >jsp > >*.jsp > > > > > > Regards, > > David > > > > -Original Message- > > From: William Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > > > > > > I'm trying to create a WebApp with 2 sections. > > > > Section1 consists of Struts Actions managed by an ActionServlet and using > > Tiles for consistent layout. The incoming requests will always be '*.do'. > > > > Section2 is a bunch of generated html fragments (each is a page's worth) > > that I would like to embed in the Tiles I'm already using in Section1. Ie > > Request for html page comes in and it is forwarded to the Tile page which > > embeds the originally requested page. The incoming requests will always be > > 'foo/.html' > > > > I thought I had it nailed. > > > > Attempt1: Have the request for Section2 be handled by its own > ActionServlet, > > with a very simple custom RequestProcessor. But Struts only allows a > single > > instance of ActionServlet (or subclass) within a WebApp. > > > > Atempt2: Use a single ActionServlet and either use a separate Module for > > each section, or use a wildcard ActionMapping to catch all of Section2's > > html requests. But Struts only allows a single servlet-mapping element for > > the controller-servlet and I would need 2 (*.do and foo/*.html). NB > further > > Struts restriction is that when using Modules you can only use extension > > paths in your servlet-mappings. > > > > > > Attempt3: ??? I'm looking
RE: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet
If you are only serving HTML pages and want to wrap them in your standard layout, forget tiles and check out SiteMesh: www.opensymphony.com/sitemesh The Tiles mapping I suggested can do more complex things for you than SiteMesh. It would require setting up a tiles controller. They are explained well, and with examples, in the Tiles Advanced Features PDF. See the Struts' site's UserGuide on Tiles for a link at the bottom of the page to that PDF. Regards, David -Original Message- From: William Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 5:39 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet Doh - I guess I wasn't clear enough. I want to have the Requests for the html pages (Section2) forwarded to a standardLayout page which uses tiles to provide consistent screens. The originally targetted html page needs to be included/embedded within the standardLayout page. David, I guess I could be missing something (wouldn't be the first time), but I don't think your solution will give me that will it? Its more about allowing the html files to themselves contain a tile. If I could somehow get the html requests to be forwarded to a single page, then I could do it. But I can't see how to do this without using a 2nd ActionServlet which brings me back in the original pain. William - Original Message - From: "David G. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: RE: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > William, > > For Section 2, IF you are using the same webapp, you can make a tile show up > in a JSP without using the Actionservlet (you just need to have the Struts > plugIn initialize the tiles from the tiles xml configuration. Try creating > a JSP with this type of syntax: > > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> > > > Now, to get the *.html mapping to work, you'd have to reonfigure yout > application server to map *.html pages so they are handled by the JSP > engine. In tomcat, you can do that like this: > > >jsp >*.jsp > > > Regards, > David > > -Original Message- > From: William Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > > > I'm trying to create a WebApp with 2 sections. > > Section1 consists of Struts Actions managed by an ActionServlet and using > Tiles for consistent layout. The incoming requests will always be '*.do'. > > Section2 is a bunch of generated html fragments (each is a page's worth) > that I would like to embed in the Tiles I'm already using in Section1. Ie > Request for html page comes in and it is forwarded to the Tile page which > embeds the originally requested page. The incoming requests will always be > 'foo/.html' > > I thought I had it nailed. > > Attempt1: Have the request for Section2 be handled by its own ActionServlet, > with a very simple custom RequestProcessor. But Struts only allows a single > instance of ActionServlet (or subclass) within a WebApp. > > Atempt2: Use a single ActionServlet and either use a separate Module for > each section, or use a wildcard ActionMapping to catch all of Section2's > html requests. But Struts only allows a single servlet-mapping element for > the controller-servlet and I would need 2 (*.do and foo/*.html). NB further > Struts restriction is that when using Modules you can only use extension > paths in your servlet-mappings. > > > Attempt3: ??? I'm looking for ideas. > At the moment the only solution I can see is to implement my own Servlet > (not an ActionServlet subclass) which then uses the Tiles config and > mechanism to render the Section2 response with the required layout. > > Is there a better way? > > thanks in advance. > > William > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet
Doh - I guess I wasn't clear enough. I want to have the Requests for the html pages (Section2) forwarded to a standardLayout page which uses tiles to provide consistent screens. The originally targetted html page needs to be included/embedded within the standardLayout page. David, I guess I could be missing something (wouldn't be the first time), but I don't think your solution will give me that will it? Its more about allowing the html files to themselves contain a tile. If I could somehow get the html requests to be forwarded to a single page, then I could do it. But I can't see how to do this without using a 2nd ActionServlet which brings me back in the original pain. William - Original Message - From: "David G. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: RE: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > William, > > For Section 2, IF you are using the same webapp, you can make a tile show up > in a JSP without using the Actionservlet (you just need to have the Struts > plugIn initialize the tiles from the tiles xml configuration. Try creating > a JSP with this type of syntax: > > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> > > > Now, to get the *.html mapping to work, you'd have to reonfigure yout > application server to map *.html pages so they are handled by the JSP > engine. In tomcat, you can do that like this: > > >jsp >*.jsp > > > Regards, > David > > -Original Message- > From: William Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet > > > I'm trying to create a WebApp with 2 sections. > > Section1 consists of Struts Actions managed by an ActionServlet and using > Tiles for consistent layout. The incoming requests will always be '*.do'. > > Section2 is a bunch of generated html fragments (each is a page's worth) > that I would like to embed in the Tiles I'm already using in Section1. Ie > Request for html page comes in and it is forwarded to the Tile page which > embeds the originally requested page. The incoming requests will always be > 'foo/.html' > > I thought I had it nailed. > > Attempt1: Have the request for Section2 be handled by its own ActionServlet, > with a very simple custom RequestProcessor. But Struts only allows a single > instance of ActionServlet (or subclass) within a WebApp. > > Atempt2: Use a single ActionServlet and either use a separate Module for > each section, or use a wildcard ActionMapping to catch all of Section2's > html requests. But Struts only allows a single servlet-mapping element for > the controller-servlet and I would need 2 (*.do and foo/*.html). NB further > Struts restriction is that when using Modules you can only use extension > paths in your servlet-mappings. > > > Attempt3: ??? I'm looking for ideas. > At the moment the only solution I can see is to implement my own Servlet > (not an ActionServlet subclass) which then uses the Tiles config and > mechanism to render the Section2 response with the required layout. > > Is there a better way? > > thanks in advance. > > William > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet
William, For Section 2, IF you are using the same webapp, you can make a tile show up in a JSP without using the Actionservlet (you just need to have the Struts plugIn initialize the tiles from the tiles xml configuration. Try creating a JSP with this type of syntax: <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> Now, to get the *.html mapping to work, you'd have to reonfigure yout application server to map *.html pages so they are handled by the JSP engine. In tomcat, you can do that like this: jsp *.jsp Regards, David -Original Message- From: William Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Using Tiles outside of an ActionServlet I'm trying to create a WebApp with 2 sections. Section1 consists of Struts Actions managed by an ActionServlet and using Tiles for consistent layout. The incoming requests will always be '*.do'. Section2 is a bunch of generated html fragments (each is a page's worth) that I would like to embed in the Tiles I'm already using in Section1. Ie Request for html page comes in and it is forwarded to the Tile page which embeds the originally requested page. The incoming requests will always be 'foo/.html' I thought I had it nailed. Attempt1: Have the request for Section2 be handled by its own ActionServlet, with a very simple custom RequestProcessor. But Struts only allows a single instance of ActionServlet (or subclass) within a WebApp. Atempt2: Use a single ActionServlet and either use a separate Module for each section, or use a wildcard ActionMapping to catch all of Section2's html requests. But Struts only allows a single servlet-mapping element for the controller-servlet and I would need 2 (*.do and foo/*.html). NB further Struts restriction is that when using Modules you can only use extension paths in your servlet-mappings. Attempt3: ??? I'm looking for ideas. At the moment the only solution I can see is to implement my own Servlet (not an ActionServlet subclass) which then uses the Tiles config and mechanism to render the Section2 response with the required layout. Is there a better way? thanks in advance. William - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
