Marin�,
Here is the tiles-defs.xml that I am using.
<tiles-definitions>
<definition name=".main" path="/body.vm">
<put name="head" value="/head.vm" />
<put name="body" value="/body.vm" />
</definition>
<definition name=".news" extends=".main">
<put name="nav" value="/newsNav.vm"/>
<put name="someContent" value="/newsContent.vm"/>
</definition>
</tiles-definitions>
I'm pretty sure they are funky as well. Although, this is what I've ended
up with that works.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Marin� A. J�nsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:04 PM
To: 'Velocity Developers List'
Subject: RE: using TilesTool was RE: Veltag and JJAR
hmm ... I'm pretty sure your tiles definitions are a little funky ;) Could
you perhaps show me the tiles-defs for this little demo?
Marin�
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim OBrien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 4. september 2003 23:28
> To: 'Velocity Developers List'
> Subject: using TilesTool was RE: Veltag and JJAR
>
>
> Assume that you have a top-level layout in "layout.vm" and it
> contains the
> following:
>
> <html>
> $tiles.get('head')
> $tiles.get('body')
> </html>
>
> Now assume that "body" refers to another template "body.vm",
> which in turn contains the following:
>
> <body>
> $tiles.get('nav')
> $tiles.get('someContent')
> </body>
>
> I run this, I debug TilesTool with Eclipse, and when
> TilesTool.get() tries to get the attribute 'nav', the
> ComponentContext object contains zero attributes - so I'll
> get a ServletException because TilesTool can't find
> 'nav'..... My solution is to just call #parse. So, layout.vm
> would call:
>
> <html>
> #parse( $tiles.getString('head') )
> #parse( $tiles.getString('body') )
> </html>
>
> and "body.vm" would have:
>
> <body>
> #parse( $tiles.getString('nav') )
> #parse( $tiles.getString('someContent') )
> </body>
>
> I was going to try to use the veltag so that I could use the
> Tiles taglib, but after 5 minutes going down that path, I was
> reminded of the fact that I dislike using JSP w/ taglibs -
> too much typing.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marin� A. J�nsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:13 PM
> To: 'Velocity Developers List'
> Subject: RE: Veltag and JJAR
>
> yup ... you've also aroused *my* curiosity ... since the
> TilesTool is *my* baby ;) have any more info on the problem?
>
> cheers,
> Marin�
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan Bubna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 4. september 2003 21:46
> > To: Velocity Developers List
> > Subject: Re: Veltag and JJAR
> >
> >
> > Tim OBrien said:
> > > I was using Struts w/ Velocity and I wanted to work with
> > the tiles tag
> > > library because I was having problems calling
> > $tiles.get('blah') from
> > > anything but the top layout.
> >
> > hmm. so this was a problem with the TilesTool? can you give
> > an example or any more info on your setup? we'd like to get
> > issues with the new tools worked out before the next release,
> > and others may be experiencing the same problem.
> >
> > > After experimenting with mixed JSP/Velocity
> > > content, I decided to take a more pragmatic approach and solve my
> > > problem by referencing tiles using #parse(
> > $tiles.getString('menu') ).
> > > So, my initial need to use veltag is no more.
> >
> > glad you found a way that works for you! there are certainly
> > quite a few options for doing layout stuff with
> > VelocityView/VelocityStruts. (of course, we'd like them all
> > to work for you :)
> >
> > > But.. trying to build veltag was a confusing experience. Someone
> > > should update the build and the site, and make no mention
> of JJAR -
> > > JJAR seems to be dead. I had to login to Minotaur to
> > figure that out.
> > > I'll volunteer to refactor this build if no one else has the
> > > bandwidth.
> >
> > i believe veltag and it's docs are in the main velocity cvs.
> > so, i can't check in those changes, but i'm sure the core
> > velocity committers would appreciate any contribution like
> > that. just file the report and any patches with bugzilla.
> >
> > Nathan Bubna
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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