order of processing ActionRequest

[Viktor Malytskyy <vi...@rogers.com>]

Hi All!

I have a question regarding the order of processing ActionRequest. Let's 
say we have something like this on jsp page:

<portlet:actionURL var="portlet_submitForm" portletMode=”edit”/>
<form method="post" action="<%=weatherPortlet_submitForm.toString() %>">

The question is , when this form will be submitted and processAction of 
a portlet will be invoked will Pluto already set mode of the portlet to 
EDIT or it will be done after executing processAction, but before 
executing following renderRequest ?
In spec they say :
portletMode (Type: String, non-required) – indicates the portlet mode 
that the portlet must have when this link is executed, if no error 
condition ocurred.

It's not that clear (when this link is executed????), as I understand 
this - mode should be set before processing processAction.
Am I right?

Thanks in advance,
Viktor

Re: order of processing ActionRequest

[Stefan Hepper <st...@hursley.ibm.com>]

Yes, when the link is executed the portal calls the portlet container 
and it first requests from the portlet container to call processAction 
on this portlet and then render for all portlets on the page. Therefore 
the new mode for the portlet must be set before calling processAction.

Stefan

Viktor Malytskyy wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> I have a question regarding the order of processing ActionRequest. Let's 
> say we have something like this on jsp page:
> 
> <portlet:actionURL var="portlet_submitForm" portletMode=”edit”/>
> <form method="post" action="<%=weatherPortlet_submitForm.toString() %>">
> 
> The question is , when this form will be submitted and processAction of 
> a portlet will be invoked will Pluto already set mode of the portlet to 
> EDIT or it will be done after executing processAction, but before 
> executing following renderRequest ?
> In spec they say :
> portletMode (Type: String, non-required) – indicates the portlet mode 
> that the portlet must have when this link is executed, if no error 
> condition ocurred.
> 
> It's not that clear (when this link is executed????), as I understand 
> this - mode should be set before processing processAction.
> Am I right?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Viktor
> 
> 
> 
>