Here you need to understand the api of tiles. It is
quite powerful.
I wrote something about this for internal use. I will
paste it here:
// Read definition from factory, but we can create it
here.
ComponentDefinition definition =
DefinitionsUtil.getDefinition(mapping.findForward("success").getPath(),
request,
getServlet().getServletContext());
// change the title attribute
definition.putAttribute("title",
"title");
DefinitionsUtil.setActionDefinition(request,
definition);
definition =
DefinitionsUtil.getActionDefinition(request);
//create a new component context --
required by ActionComponentServlet
ComponentContext context = new
ComponentContext(definition.getAttributes());
//set it into request
ComponentContext.setContext(context,request);
}
catch (FactoryNotFoundException ex) {
request.setAttribute("actionError",
"Can't get definition factory.");
return
(mapping.findForward("failure"));
}
catch (NoSuchDefinitionException ex) {
request.setAttribute("actionError",
"Can't get definition test.layout.test1.");
return
(mapping.findForward("failure"));
}
catch (DefinitionsFactoryException ex) {
request.setAttribute("actionError",
"General error '" + ex.getMessage() + "'.");
return
(mapping.findForward("failure"));
}
catch (Exception e) {
cat.debug("perform(): exception when
loading definition: " + e);
}
// do not return null, because
ActionComponentServlet will not trigger the forwarding
which will read the definition from the context
return mapping.findForward("success");
sorry if it is all messed up after the cut & paste.
But the idea is that if you know what each layout has
a parameters, you can simply replace the parameters
dynamically in the perform() method. It is not hard
to find out the parameters using the api. A more
practical example would be the vertical box layout has
a components parameter and you can just add items to
this array list. The items can be jsp names or can be
definition/component names. Shouldn't really use jsp
names here for the same reason why struts doesn't
hardcode them. I would reference definition/component
names instead and centralize the descriptions in a
layout xml definition file (tiles descriptor).
Also note that this was just an attempt to get
something to work and not necessarily the best
approach.
- Sandeep
--- Darryl Pentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cool. That's interesting. And you mentioned
> something about being able to
> manipulate placement of tiles from within the Action
> class. How is that
> done?
>
> - Darryl
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sandeep Takhar
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 01 November 2001 18:23
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: RE: Duplication of Template Files
> Solution
> >
> >
> > When I tested it (a very simple test) I used the
> > following in the struts-config.xml file:
> >
> > <action path="/test/sandeepTestAction"
> >
> >
>
type="org.apache.struts.example.tiles.test.SandeepTestAction">
> > <forward name="success" path="doc.mainLayout"/>
> > </action>
> >
> > Here was the tiles definition for the path
> attribute
> > above (it can be any definition):
> >
> > <definition name="doc.mainLayout"
> > path="/layout/classicLayout.jsp">
> > <put name="title" value="Tiles Library
> > Documentation" />
> > <put name="header" value="/common/header.jsp"
> />
> > <put name="menu" value="doc.menu.main" />
> > <put name="footer" value="/common/footer.jsp"
> />
> > <put name="body" value="doc.portal.body" />
> > </definition>
> >
> > I used the tiles-docs.war file for my testing.
> >
> > sorry if my cut & paste is all messed up.
> >
> > - Sandeep
> >
> >
> > --- Darryl Pentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Sandeep,
> > >
> > > Can you post an example of a struts-config
> mapping
> > > using Tiles. I tried to
> > > use Tiles but couldn't get it to run a page
> twice.
> > > In other words, I had a
> > > search function which worked fine the first time
> > > with Tiles, but when I
> > > changed the search criteria and resubmitted, the
> > > Action class ran, but when
> > > it forwarded the result to the JSP, the
> application
> > > hung at the insert tag.
> > > This is what prompted me to try the inline thing
> > > with the original Struts
> > > template tags and it worked, without any
> changes, so
> > > I deduced that Tiles is
> > > buggy. I'm running Orion on Win2K with a nightly
> > > build from about 10 days
> > > ago.
> > >
> > > I didn't know about being able to reference the
> > > Tiles definition from the
> > > struts-config action mapping, hence my request
> > > above.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Darryl
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Sandeep Takhar
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: 01 November 2001 18:05
> > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > > > Subject: Re: Duplication of Template Files
> > > Solution
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > man i suck, i did it again.
> > > >
> > > > finish the thought, than send the mail.
> > > >
> > > > ok -- what I meant was that unlike what your
> > > initial
> > > > e-implies: that tiles works exactly like
> > > > template-tags, what I meant was that you can
> > > create
> > > > the duplicate definition in the xml file and
> than
> > > > reference this layout definition/component in
> the
> > > > action forward of a struts-config file. I
> like
> > > this
> > > > solution better because you have clearly
> defined
> > > all
> > > > the layouts and are just forwarding to the
> correct
> > > > one.
> > > >
> > > > This means that you don't need the duplicated
> jsp
> > > > which is a pain to maintain. So either
> solution
> > > (the
> > > > one you described) and this one will get rid
> of
> > > that
> > > > duplicate jsp.
> > > >
> > > > - Sandeep
> > > > --- Sandeep Takhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > Tiles allows you to do this as well.
> > > > >
> > > > > btw: I have replied to another reply in this
> > > same
> > > > > thread about other things I like about
> tiles.
> > > In my
> > > > > usual haste I deleted the original message
> when
> > > I
> > > > > realized there was something more I wanted
> to
> > > say.
> > > > >
> > > > > - sandeep
> > > > > --- Darryl Pentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > > > I've discovered quite by accident that the
> > > Struts
> > > > > > templating framework
> > > > > > allows me to eliminate duplication of my
> JSP
> > > pages
> > > > > > by simply including the
> > > > > > body page inline to the template
> definition
> > > page.
> > > > > By
> > > > > > this I mean I combine
> > > > > > both pages into one as follows:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <template:insert ...>
> > > > > > <template:put name="header" ... />
> > > > > > <template:put name="nav" ... />
> > > > > > <template:put name="body" ... />
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ... BODY HTML GOES HERE ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > </template:put>
> > > > > > </template:insert>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd previously enquired on this list how I
> > > could
> > > > > > eliminate the duplication
> > > > > > of the pages where the main body HTML
> exists
> > > in a
> > > > > > separate JSP page that is
> > > > > > simply referred to from the definition
> file
> > > i.e.
> > > > > > <template:put name="body"
> > > > > > content="/blah/blah/body.jsp"/>. Strangely
> > > nobody
> > > > > > responded with the above
> > > > > > solution so I'm wondering is this simply a
> > > > > > side-effect of the PutTag class
> > > > > > or Craig, did you intend for it to work
> this
> > > way?
> > > > > > I'm quite surprised I
> > > > > > haven't seen this technique used in any of
> the
> > > > > > examples. Rather, the
> > > > > > duplication is suggested. The new Tiles
> > > extension
> > > > > > allows the above which
> > > > > > prompted me to try it with the Struts
> template
> > > tag
> > > > > > library just for grins,
> > > > > > and it worked!
> > > > > >
>
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