not sure if you can use it for this, but there is a GWT plugin for struts: http://cwiki.apache.org/S2PLUGINS/gwt-plugin.html
musachy On 10/31/07, Miguel Ping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, thanks for the answer. Yes you are correct, GWT makes special requests > that update a part of a page. I am reading the Portlet spec and I didn't > knew that portlets had custom urls, thanks for the pointer :) > > So I guess in order to have access to portlet preferences / principal info / > etc, the best is to store them in the http session. > Is it an option to write a custom GWT request that passes as a regular > portlet url, so the dispatcher can process it? I understand that this is not > directly related to struts, I just want to be sure that the > Jsr168RequestDispatcher works by inspecting urls... > > > On 10/31/07, Nils-Helge Garli Hegvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > The Jsr168Dispatcher only handles requests created as Portlet URLs. > > I'm not familiar with GWT so apoligies if my assumptions are > > incorrect, but I assume that you're referring to some sort of "partial > > request" that updates a section of the page? In that case, it's > > correct that it should be invoked as a servlet request, since invoking > > it through a portlet url will change the state and corrupt your entire > > portlet (you would get the contents of the entire portal page from the > > request). So I would recommend that you build your application so that > > the AJAX part is working as a servlet. > > > > The Portlet 2.0 specification has better support for this kind of > > stuff, so it will improve in the future :) > > > > Nils-H > > > > On 10/31/07, Miguel Ping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, this is my first post to struts2 mailing list :) > > > > > > I'm using Struts2 and the gwt plugin by Musachy Barroso, in a portlet > > > project, and for the front end I'm using Google Web Toolkit (gwt). So > > I'm > > > using struts only for the actions, except for the 'default' action, > > which is > > > a jsp with struts taglibs. > > > > > > In my portlet project, I have an action that implements the > > PrincipalAware > > > interface, that is the default action for my portlet. This action calls > > the > > > jsp. When I debug this action, I can see that the PrincipalProxy object > > is a > > > portlet proxy object; however all gwt calls to struts2 actions that > > > implement the PrincipalAware interface gives me only Serlver proxy > > objects. > > > I think that this happens because GWT calls the action directly, > > bypassing > > > the Jsr168Dispatcher. The action then 'thinks' that the request is a > > servlet > > > request instead of a portlet request. > > > > > > My question is: how can I force all requests to pass by the Jsr168 > > request > > > dispatcher? I want to have access of portlet data in my actions, through > > GWT > > > calls. > > > > > > Thanks In advance, > > > Miguel Ping > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
