Sitemesh doesn't build the entire page... it is a Filter that grabs the response text (immediately before the servlet container sends it to the client) and adds to it. Decorators contain what is added to the response. I've found that if your decorators require a lot of run-time logic then yes, it will take more time then if it were never modified. (Exactly how much time depends on the decorator's logic.) Otherwise, the time to decorate a page is negligible. Be smart when writing your decorators... for instance, mapping different decorators to the diverging URI patterns is an easy way to avoid the time penalty associated with logic in decorators.
HTH, -dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Pascal [mailto:pas...@voidmage.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 8:13 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Tags as template parameters? > > I just had a look at Sitemesh and it looks like what I want. > There is one > thing that disturbs me, though, it looks as if sitemesh will > build the page > every request, which causes quite some overhead, or am I > mistaken there? > > Pascal > > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:44:59 -0400, Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> > wrote: > > I'm on my phone so I only skimmed your message. If I read correctly, > > you should take a look at sitemesh. > > > > -W > > > > On 7/17/09, Pascal <pas...@voidmage.net> wrote: > >> Hello list, > >> > >> in Struts2 it is possible to do something like > >> > >> <html> > >> <body> > >> <s:myMainNavigationMenu /> > >> > >> <h1>A page</h1> > >> <p>Some content</p> > >> </body> > >> </html> > >> > >> This works ok, but my problem is that I have to change every single > >> page, if i would like to have a custom footer for every page, for > >> example. > >> > >> Now my question is: Is it possible to do something like this? > >> > >> <s:useTemplate name="myCommonTemplate"> > >> <s:setTemplateTag name="body"> > >> <h1>A page</h1> > >> <p>Some content</p> > >> </s:setTemplateTag> > >> </s:useTemplate> > >> > >> And as template definition say > >> > >> <!-- Main menu --> > >> <table>...</table> > >> > >> <s:insertTemplateTag name="body" /> > >> > >> <!-- Footer --> > >> <p>This is the footer</p> > >> > >> I know it is possible to use parameters for templates, but they > >> obviously have huge limitations as I can't just put the > tags there as I > >> did in my example. > >> > >> Also, I could do something like > >> > >> <s:myMainTemplate> > >> <s:param name="bodyPage" value="page1.jsp" /> > >> </s:myMainTemplate> > >> > >> which I also don't want because I would have an extra (unnecessary) > page. > >> > >> So, is it possible to pass whole XML-Structures to > templates? Maybe you > >> have some reasons why I shouldn't want what I'm suggesting > here, I would > >> be eager to hear them! :-) > >> > >> Pascal > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu - direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
