I just started using JSF, trying to get MyFaces' Tiles integration to work. So I created a layout page which uses tiles:insert to include the mainbar, the sidebar and the content pane. In my tiles definition file I have a base definition which all other definitions - two so far - extend.
Here's my tiles definition file: <tiles-definitions> <definition name="/ews.base" path="/template/layout.jsp" id="basePage"> <put name="mainNavigation" value="/common/mainNavigation.jsp" type="page"/> <put name="sideActions" value="/common/sideActions.jsp" type="page"/> <put name="content" value="/common/empty.jsp" type="page"/> </definition> <definition name="/common/startPage.tiles" extends="/ews.base" id="startPage"> <put name="content" value="/startPage.jsp" type="page"/> </definition> <definition name="/organization/searchForm.tiles" extends="/ews.base" id="organizationSearchForm"> <put name="content" value="/organization/searchForm.jsp" type="page"/> </definition> </tiles-definitions> A <c:redirect url="common/startPage.jsf"/> will produce the desired effect, i.e. the start page is composed correctly and I can see the message startPage.jsp produces via <h:outputText/>. And here's the catch: if I do a <c:redirect url="organization/searchForm.jsf"/> I get a page with mainNavigation.jsp and sideActions.jsp correctly included and translated into HTML, yet the content of organization/searchForm.jsp is copied _verbatim_ into the HTML page. This means that I can see the JSP code from organization/searchForm.jsp in the generated page's source code. I started playing around with the contents of startPage.jsp and organization/searchForm.jsp and ended up swapping it, i.e I copied startPage.jsp's JSP code into organization/searchForm.jsp and vice versa. Lo and behold: I can see my organizationSearchForm on the start page, and organization/searchForm.jsp is still copied verbatim into the generated HTML output. So the problem _seems_ to be the tiles definition /organization/searchForm.tiles itself and _not_ the JSP content in organization/searchForm.jsp. So could anyone give me a clue what is going on here since I am on the verge of throwing up after staring at this phenomenon for the last four days? I am using myfaces-1.0.9 in JBoss 4.0.2 under JDK 1.4.2_08 and any help would be _greatly_ appreciated. Cheers, Olaf -------------------------------------------- Easynet GmbH (http://www.de.easynet.net) Olaf Bergner, System Integrations Harburger Schlossstrasse 1, D-21079 Hamburg fon: +49-40-77175-434, fax: +49-40-77175-519 # Easynet is part of the easynet group plc (www.Easynetgroup.net)
