I implemented the variable substitution in CVS this weekend - using methods similar to what you've described below. As far as top-level menus - which displayer are you using?
Thanks, Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Skinner Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [struts-menu] RE: Populating a MenuRepository from outside the menu-config.xml file I guess I would rather not reinvent the wheel, so using the JSTL makes since to me; but on another note I'd have to put some more thought into this. There are a couple of things that are interesting about this. First, it is my understanding that the menus are created when the plugin initializes so the menu urls would contain the variable definitions you place in the configuration file. Consequenlty, would you not have to modify the getter on the location property of the MenuBase to perform the lookup or translation of any variables it finds in it? If this is the case a better solution may be to have a method parseVariables(String aString) that would take a string and search the page scopes for any matches found in the string. Then the getters could be modified to "return parseVariables( location )". Side Question, is it possible to have a link as a top level item in the menu? For Example, we have the following menu structure: GroupWise Files Forums Forum 1 Forum 2 Groups Group 1 Group 2 News NewsSpread 1 NewsSpread 2 I need to know if it is possible to place the GroupWise and Files links at the root of the menu? OR is it possible to hide the link to the top level menu and always have it open? ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ struts-menu-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/struts-menu-user ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ struts-menu-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/struts-menu-user
