tiles decoration

[Ken McWilliams <ke...@gmail.com>]

I would like to render a tiles definition and put this into the body
attribute and then render an other definition now using that body attribute.

I'm using tiles 3 initialized with the
org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesListener

It probably does not matter but I am using struts2 to render a tiles
definition. To render the definition tiles require a "result type":

To get tiles working with struts2 I do the following:

    public void doExecute(String location, ActionInvocation invocation)
throws Exception {
        //location = "test.definition"; //for test
        setLocation(location);
        ServletContext context = ServletActionContext.getServletContext();
        ApplicationContext applicationContext =
ServletUtil.getApplicationContext(context);
        TilesContainer container =
TilesAccess.getContainer(applicationContext);
        HttpServletRequest request = ServletActionContext.getRequest();
        HttpServletResponse response = ServletActionContext.getResponse();
        ServletRequest servletRequest = new
ServletRequest(applicationContext, request, response);
        container.render(location, servletRequest);
    }

The above works....


I'm using JSPs but I could use freemarker for the views, it it matters.

So how do I render a definition into an attribute and then use that value
in the rendering of another definition?

Re: tiles decoration

[Nicolas LE BAS <ma...@nlebas.net>]

Hi,

Is this what you expect?

<definition name="to.be.used.in.an.attribute" template="sometemplate.jsp">
 ...
</definition>

<definition name="enclosing.definition" template="layout.jsp">
   <put-attribute name="body" value="to.be.used.in.an.attribute" />
</definition>

Of course in your situation, you probably want to use wildcards, but
this is the general idea.

Hope this helps,
Nick

On 12-11-09 03:47 PM, Ken McWilliams wrote:
> I would like to render a tiles definition and put this into the body
> attribute and then render an other definition now using that body attribute.
> 
> I'm using tiles 3 initialized with the
> org.apache.tiles.extras.complete.CompleteAutoloadTilesListener
> 
> It probably does not matter but I am using struts2 to render a tiles
> definition. To render the definition tiles require a "result type":
> 
> To get tiles working with struts2 I do the following:
> 
>     public void doExecute(String location, ActionInvocation invocation)
> throws Exception {
>         //location = "test.definition"; //for test
>         setLocation(location);
>         ServletContext context = ServletActionContext.getServletContext();
>         ApplicationContext applicationContext =
> ServletUtil.getApplicationContext(context);
>         TilesContainer container =
> TilesAccess.getContainer(applicationContext);
>         HttpServletRequest request = ServletActionContext.getRequest();
>         HttpServletResponse response = ServletActionContext.getResponse();
>         ServletRequest servletRequest = new
> ServletRequest(applicationContext, request, response);
>         container.render(location, servletRequest);
>     }
> 
> The above works....
> 
> 
> I'm using JSPs but I could use freemarker for the views, it it matters.
> 
> So how do I render a definition into an attribute and then use that value
> in the rendering of another definition?
>