Re: Struts2 and Portlets + GWT

[Miguel Ping <mi...@gmail.com>]

Err, a stupid question... where do I send the CLA? And I have to send it in
PDF format, right?


On 10/31/07, Musachy Barroso <mu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> it would be great if you write something up :), you can do it on the
> GWT plugin page, or setup a new page on the wiki.  You would need to
> file a CLA (http://www.apache.org/licenses/index.html#clas) if you
> haven't.
>
> regards
> musachy
>
> On 10/31/07, Miguel Ping <mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > By the way, if anyone ever want to know how to use GWT and struts2 for
> > portlet development, I'll be glad to write something up.
> >
> > On 10/31/07, Miguel Ping <mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > - But doesn't that share the object in ALL sessions? I want to share a
> > > specific object per user session. Besides, I don't know how to acess
> the
> > > PortletSession. By using SessionAware I can only get a Map, the
> > > PortletSessionMap. The Portlet specs show an example with 3 arguments:
> > >
> > > session.setAttribute("home.url",url,PortletSession.APPLICATION_SCOPE);
> > > session.setAttribute("bkg.color","RED",PortletSession.PORTLET_SCOPE);
> > >
> > > but the map provided by the SessionAware interface is a regular Map.
> > >
> > > Thanks once more,
> > > Miguel
> > >
> > > On 10/31/07, Nils-Helge Garli Hegvik <ni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If you need to share data between the servlet and the portlet, you
> > > > have to put it in the application scope, using the
> > > > PortletSession.APPLICATION_SCOPE constant in the setAttribute
> > > > operation.
> > > >
> > > > Nils-H
> > > >
> > > > On 10/31/07, Miguel Ping <mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > I am already using the plugin :) Nice work, by the way ;)
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm having some issue sharing data between portlet sessions and
> > > > servlet
> > > > > sessions... The portlet api says that the data in servlet session
> must
> > > > be
> > > > > acessible from the portlet session. But if i put something in the
> > > > session
> > > > > map by means of the SessionAware interface, when I'm in the GWT
> > > > actions, the
> > > > > data is not acessible. Am I doing something wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/31/07, Musachy Barroso <mu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > not sure if you can use it for this, but there is a GWT plugin
> for
> > > > struts:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://cwiki.apache.org/S2PLUGINS/gwt-plugin.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > musachy
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 10/31/07, Miguel Ping < miguel.ping@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi, thanks for the answer. Yes you are correct, GWT makes
> special
> > > > > > requests
> > > > > > > that update a part of a page. I am reading the Portlet spec
> and I
> > > > didn't
> > > > > > > knew that portlets had custom urls, thanks for the pointer :)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So I guess in order to have access to portlet preferences /
> > > > principal
> > > > > > info /
> > > > > > > etc, the best is to store them in the http session.
> > > > > > > Is it an option to write a custom GWT request that passes as a
> > > > regular
> > > > > > > portlet url, so the dispatcher can process it? I understand
> that
> > > > this is
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > > directly related to struts, I just want to be sure that the
> > > > > > > Jsr168RequestDispatcher works by inspecting urls...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 10/31/07, Nils-Helge Garli Hegvik <ni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The Jsr168Dispatcher only handles requests created as
> Portlet
> > > > URLs.
> > > > > > > > I'm not familiar with GWT so apoligies if my assumptions are
> > > > > > > > incorrect, but I assume that you're referring to some sort
> of
> > > > "partial
> > > > > > > > request" that updates a section of the page? In that case,
> it's
> > > > > > > > correct that it should be invoked as a servlet request,
> since
> > > > invoking
> > > > > > > > it through a portlet url will change the state and corrupt
> your
> > > > entire
> > > > > > > > portlet (you would get the contents of the entire portal
> page
> > > > from the
> > > > > > > > request). So I would recommend that you build your
> application
> > > > so that
> > > > > > > > the AJAX part is working as a servlet.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The Portlet 2.0 specification has better support for this
> kind
> > > > of
> > > > > > > > stuff, so it will improve in the future :)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Nils-H
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 10/31/07, Miguel Ping <mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi all, this is my first post to struts2 mailing list :)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm using Struts2 and the gwt plugin by Musachy Barroso,
> in a
> > > > > > portlet
> > > > > > > > > project, and for the front end I'm using Google Web
> Toolkit
> > > > (gwt).
> > > > > > So
> > > > > > > > I'm
> > > > > > > > > using struts only for the actions, except for the
> 'default'
> > > > action,
> > > > > > > > which is
> > > > > > > > > a jsp with struts taglibs.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > In my portlet project, I have an action that implements
> the
> > > > > > > > PrincipalAware
> > > > > > > > > interface, that is the default action for my portlet. This
> > > > action
> > > > > > calls
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > jsp. When I debug this action, I can see that the
> > > > PrincipalProxy
> > > > > > object
> > > > > > > > is a
> > > > > > > > > portlet proxy object; however all gwt calls to struts2
> actions
> > > > that
> > > > > > > > > implement the PrincipalAware interface gives me only
> Serlver
> > > > proxy
> > > > > > > > objects.
> > > > > > > > > I think that this happens because GWT calls the action
> > > > directly,
> > > > > > > > bypassing
> > > > > > > > > the Jsr168Dispatcher. The action then 'thinks' that the
> > > > request is a
> > > > > > > > servlet
> > > > > > > > > request instead of a portlet request.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > My question is: how can I force all requests to pass by
> the
> > > > Jsr168
> > > > > > > > request
> > > > > > > > > dispatcher? I want to have access of portlet data in my
> > > > actions,
> > > > > > through
> > > > > > > > GWT
> > > > > > > > > calls.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks In advance,
> > > > > > > > > Miguel Ping
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > >
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