Re: tile: including one layout .jsp inside another?
Whoops! in point 4) I meant: definition name=main.usable extends=main put name=body value=myBody / /definition Sorry for the mistake. Ciao Antonio Petrelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mmm... I think there is some misunderstanding in your use of Tiles. If I understood, maybe you want to have an effect of panel and subpanels. If you want to do such a thing, you can use what I call as definitions of definitions. If I understood (again :-P ) you want to have a main page, divided into three pieces (left, top and body) and the body is changin depending on your needs. 1) Prepare the base definition: definition name=main path=/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/main.jsp put name=top value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/top.jsp / put name=leftNav value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/leftNav.jsp / /definition 2) Prepare the body layout. Suppose that you want to put only two attributes, one for your tabs and one for the list. bodyLayout.jsp: tiles:insert attribute=first / tiles:insert attribute=second / 3) Prepare the body definition: definition name=myBody path=/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/bodyLayout.jsp put name=first value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/first.jsp / put name=second value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/second.jsp / /definition 4) Make a definition of definition: definition name=main.usable extends=main put name=top value=myBody / /definition This is all you need (again, if I undestood :-P ). Anyway I wish to put a note aboud the extends attribute. The attribute extends is used to put all the missing attributes that you left in a definition. For example, take this layout: /layout/layout.jsp: html:html body tiles:insert attribute=one / tiles:insert attribute=two / tiles:insert attribute=three / /body /html:html And take these definitions: definition name=defOne path=/layouts/layout.jsp put name=one value=/tiles/one.jsp / put name=two value=/tiles/two.jsp / /definition definition name=defTwo extends=defOne put name=three value=/tiles/three.jsp / /definition The defOne definition is unusable, because it misses the three attribute, but it can be used to be a base for defTwo definition. bill curtis wrote: hello!! I have been looking high and low for an answer to this problem. I am trying to define a layout, one component of which is another layout: definition name=main path=/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/main.jsp put name=top value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/top.jsp / put name=leftNav value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/leftNav.jsp / /definition definition name=tabs extends=main put name=body value=/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp / /definition definition name=list extends=tabs put name=view value=/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/list.jsp / /definition main.jsp: html:html body tiles:insert attribute=top / tiles:insert attribute=leftNav / tiles:insert attribute=body / /body /html:html tabs.jsp: tiles:insert attribute=view / When I forward to list, main loads, it's children, including tabs, but when tabs tries to load list as a child, I get this error: [ServletException in:/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp] Error - Tag Insert : No value found for attribute 'view'.' I have tried numerous variants of my tiles defs and tiles tags, but I can't get it to work. Is there a way to do this? If not, are there any recommended workarounds that can be used to acheive the same effect? Ideally, tabs.jsp would not have it's component hard coded, I would like to be able to select on the basis of the original forwards (which will come from different action mappings and use different forms). thanks regards, --bill - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tile: including one layout .jsp inside another?
Mmm... I think there is some misunderstanding in your use of Tiles. If I understood, maybe you want to have an effect of panel and subpanels. If you want to do such a thing, you can use what I call as definitions of definitions. If I understood (again :-P ) you want to have a main page, divided into three pieces (left, top and body) and the body is changin depending on your needs. 1) Prepare the base definition: definition name=main path=/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/main.jsp put name=top value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/top.jsp / put name=leftNav value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/leftNav.jsp / /definition 2) Prepare the body layout. Suppose that you want to put only two attributes, one for your tabs and one for the list. bodyLayout.jsp: tiles:insert attribute=first / tiles:insert attribute=second / 3) Prepare the body definition: definition name=myBody path=/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/bodyLayout.jsp put name=first value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/first.jsp / put name=second value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/second.jsp / /definition 4) Make a definition of definition: definition name=main.usable extends=main put name=top value=myBody / /definition This is all you need (again, if I undestood :-P ). Anyway I wish to put a note aboud the extends attribute. The attribute extends is used to put all the missing attributes that you left in a definition. For example, take this layout: /layout/layout.jsp: html:html body tiles:insert attribute=one / tiles:insert attribute=two / tiles:insert attribute=three / /body /html:html And take these definitions: definition name=defOne path=/layouts/layout.jsp put name=one value=/tiles/one.jsp / put name=two value=/tiles/two.jsp / /definition definition name=defTwo extends=defOne put name=three value=/tiles/three.jsp / /definition The defOne definition is unusable, because it misses the three attribute, but it can be used to be a base for defTwo definition. bill curtis wrote: hello!! I have been looking high and low for an answer to this problem. I am trying to define a layout, one component of which is another layout: definition name=main path=/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/main.jsp put name=top value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/top.jsp / put name=leftNav value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/leftNav.jsp / /definition definition name=tabs extends=main put name=body value=/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp / /definition definition name=list extends=tabs put name=view value=/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/list.jsp / /definition main.jsp: html:html body tiles:insert attribute=top / tiles:insert attribute=leftNav / tiles:insert attribute=body / /body /html:html tabs.jsp: tiles:insert attribute=view / When I forward to list, main loads, it's children, including tabs, but when tabs tries to load list as a child, I get this error: [ServletException in:/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp] Error - Tag Insert : No value found for attribute 'view'.' I have tried numerous variants of my tiles defs and tiles tags, but I can't get it to work. Is there a way to do this? If not, are there any recommended workarounds that can be used to acheive the same effect? Ideally, tabs.jsp would not have it's component hard coded, I would like to be able to select on the basis of the original forwards (which will come from different action mappings and use different forms). thanks regards, --bill - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tile: including one layout .jsp inside another?
hello!! I have been looking high and low for an answer to this problem. I am trying to define a layout, one component of which is another layout: definition name=main path=/WEB-INF/jsp/layouts/main.jsp put name=top value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/top.jsp / put name=leftNav value=/WEB-INF/jsp/common/leftNav.jsp / /definition definition name=tabs extends=main put name=body value=/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp / /definition definition name=list extends=tabs put name=view value=/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/list.jsp / /definition main.jsp: html:html body tiles:insert attribute=top / tiles:insert attribute=leftNav / tiles:insert attribute=body / /body /html:html tabs.jsp: tiles:insert attribute=view / When I forward to list, main loads, it's children, including tabs, but when tabs tries to load list as a child, I get this error: [ServletException in:/WEB-INF/jsp/foo/tabs.jsp] Error - Tag Insert : No value found for attribute 'view'.' I have tried numerous variants of my tiles defs and tiles tags, but I can't get it to work. Is there a way to do this? If not, are there any recommended workarounds that can be used to acheive the same effect? Ideally, tabs.jsp would not have it's component hard coded, I would like to be able to select on the basis of the original forwards (which will come from different action mappings and use different forms). thanks regards, --bill - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
