You must include struts-sitemesh-plugin only if you need to use (Freemarker, Velocity)DecoratorServlet, otherwise you can use only sitemesh filter.
2010/12/3 Greg Lindholm <greg.lindh...@gmail.com>: > Thanks Brain. > > Can anyone else give me a definitive answer about the struts2-sitemesh-plugin? > Is it actually needed if you are using JSP decorators? > > I've done a few little tests and it doesn't appear to be needed. I've > including struts tags in the decorator JSP file and I can access my > action properties. > > Thanks > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Brian Thompson <elephant...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hmm, I just took a second look. We do actually have >> struts2-sitemesh-plugin.jar in our classpath. OTOH, it doesn't seem to be >> used anywhere. From the documentation available ( >> http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/sitemesh-plugin.html), it sounds like the >> plugin is only important if you're using Velocity or Freemarker. >> >> I might be missing something here, but based on my project files, it seems >> to make sense. Someone more experienced with Sitemesh could probably give >> you a better answer than I can. >> >> -Brian >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Greg Lindholm >> <greg.lindh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Brian, you are saying I can use struts tags and access the action etc >>> in my JSP decorator without needing the struts2-sitemesh-plugin? >>> (This would be great, but then what is the plugin for?) >>> >>> Thanks Dave, Brian for the clarification on the filter vs filter-mapping >>> order. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Brian Thompson <elephant...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Re: Question 1 - >>> > >>> > No, you can use other taglibs inside a decorator file. My user.jsp >>> > (decorator) has the following lines: >>> > >>> > <%-- Include struts tag declaration --%> >>> > <%@ include file="/common/taglibs.jsp"%> >>> > >>> > <title><decorator:title/> - <s:text name="webapp.name"/></title> >>> > >>> > (it also uses <c:if> in places. All you need to do is declare the taglib >>> > with e.g. >>> > <%@ taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s" %> >>> > Simple!) >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Re: Question 4 - >>> > >>> > In my project, I have the filters mapped like this: >>> > >>> > <filter-mapping> >>> > <filter-name>struts-cleanup</filter-name> >>> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >>> > </filter-mapping> >>> > <filter-mapping> >>> > <filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name> >>> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >>> > </filter-mapping> >>> > <filter-mapping> >>> > <filter-name>struts</filter-name> >>> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >>> > </filter-mapping> >>> > >>> > >>> > Hope this helps, >>> > >>> > Brian >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Greg Lindholm <greg.lindh...@gmail.com >>> >wrote: >>> > >>> >> I'm working on my first project that will use sitemesh and have some >>> >> questions on basic configuration with Struts2. >>> >> >>> >> Info: >>> >> struts 2.2.1 >>> >> sitemesh 2.4.1 >>> >> My decorators will be JSP files >>> >> >>> >> I'm looking at the struts2-sitemesh-plugin doc >>> >> http://struts.apache.org/2.2.1/docs/sitemesh-plugin.html >>> >> >>> >> Question 1) If I want to access struts2 resources (from the action or >>> >> value stack) and use struts2 tags from the decorator JSP then I need >>> >> to use the sitemesh plugin, is that correct? >>> >> >>> >> Question 2) Do I need to configure the FreemarkerDecoratorServlet and >>> >> VelocityDecoratorServlet since I'm only using JSP decorators? (I think >>> >> not, but better ask.) >>> >> >>> >> Question 3) Do I need to configure the JspSupportServlet? It's listed >>> >> under the Full Integration section with no mapping and no description? >>> >> What does it do? >>> >> >>> >> Question 4) In the "Example" section of the doc the sitemesh filter >>> >> appears after the two struts filters, is this correct? I was under the >>> >> impression that the sitemesh filter must be declared between the >>> >> struts-prepare and struts-execute filters. Is this the example wrong? >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Thanks >>> >> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>> >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > -- Maurizio Cucchiara --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
