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Posted to pluto-user@portals.apache.org by Nick Lothian <ni...@gmail.com> on 2005/01/01 10:19:13 UTC
Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
Just to be clear - by default you don't need to worry about this file
since pluto will find all portlet applications itself. If you modify
the default configuration to use
PortletDefinitionRegistryServiceContextImpl then you need to define
the portlet applications in the text file.
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:54:50 -0800, Jeremy Boynes <jb...@gluecode.com> wrote:
> Sorry for the delay , I think this got lost in moderation
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:52:38 -0800
> From: Jeremy Boynes <jb...@apache.org>
> To: pluto-user@portals.apache.org
> References: <41...@yahoo.com.br>
>
> Flavio Regis de Arruda wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am learning how to deploy portlets in pluto. I think I've got the
> > purpose of portletentityregistry.xml and pageregistry.xml,
> > but I have no clue about portletcontexts.txt use... What's its purpose?
> > How should I use it?
> >
>
> It is used by the PortletDefinitionRegistryServiceContextImpl to
> determine which contexts should be inspected for portlet definitions.
> This avoids the problems with trying to locate them in the filesystem
> when different appservers lay them out differently.
>
> If you are using this implementation, then you need to add each context
> to search to this file.
>
> --
> Jeremy
>
>
Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
Posted by "David H. DeWolf" <dd...@apache.org>.
Yes, it can be by rolling back to the old, tomcat specific,
PortletDefinitionRegistryServiceFileImpl.
I think the properties file you are looking for is
<pluto-home>WEB-INF/config/services.properties.
Your other alternative is to implement your own
PortletDefinitionRegistryService.
David
Michael Monette wrote:
> Mostly, yes. The question it raises is, if it's part of the default
> configuration, can I easily turn it off?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:22:34 -0500, David H. DeWolf <dd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>>Mike Monette wrote:
>>
>>>Ken Ramirez <kramirez <at> thejavathinktank.org> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>What do you mean by "modify the default configuration"? I placed a
>>>>portlet app into the webapps folder of Tomcat and tried to run the app
>>>>with no success. Then I changed the *.txt file to include the context
>>>>name and tried to run the app again and it ran successfully.
>>>>
>>>>Ken
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Has anyone come up with an answer for this yet? I'm curious, because I wasted a
>>>good amount of time trying to deploy a new portlet before stumbling across this
>>>file. I never saw it referenced in the pluto documentation, but for some reason
>>>I cannot deploy without changing this file.
>>
>>The documentation probably doesn't mention it because it was a patch
>>that was recently applied in order to fix issues with deployments in
>>different containers (other than tomcat). I sure the issue is simply
>>that no one's gotten around to supplying a patch for the documentation yet.
>>
>>In the most recent releases is part of the default configuration - so we
>>should fix the documentation.
>>
>>Does that answer your question?
>>
>>David
>>
>>
>>>Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
Posted by Michael Monette <mm...@gmail.com>.
Mostly, yes. The question it raises is, if it's part of the default
configuration, can I easily turn it off?
Thanks,
Mike
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:22:34 -0500, David H. DeWolf <dd...@apache.org> wrote:
> Mike Monette wrote:
> > Ken Ramirez <kramirez <at> thejavathinktank.org> writes:
> >
> >
> >>What do you mean by "modify the default configuration"? I placed a
> >>portlet app into the webapps folder of Tomcat and tried to run the app
> >>with no success. Then I changed the *.txt file to include the context
> >>name and tried to run the app again and it ran successfully.
> >>
> >>Ken
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > Has anyone come up with an answer for this yet? I'm curious, because I wasted a
> > good amount of time trying to deploy a new portlet before stumbling across this
> > file. I never saw it referenced in the pluto documentation, but for some reason
> > I cannot deploy without changing this file.
>
> The documentation probably doesn't mention it because it was a patch
> that was recently applied in order to fix issues with deployments in
> different containers (other than tomcat). I sure the issue is simply
> that no one's gotten around to supplying a patch for the documentation yet.
>
> In the most recent releases is part of the default configuration - so we
> should fix the documentation.
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> David
>
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
Posted by "David H. DeWolf" <dd...@apache.org>.
Mike Monette wrote:
> Ken Ramirez <kramirez <at> thejavathinktank.org> writes:
>
>
>>What do you mean by "modify the default configuration"? I placed a
>>portlet app into the webapps folder of Tomcat and tried to run the app
>>with no success. Then I changed the *.txt file to include the context
>>name and tried to run the app again and it ran successfully.
>>
>>Ken
>>
>
>
>
> Has anyone come up with an answer for this yet? I'm curious, because I wasted a
> good amount of time trying to deploy a new portlet before stumbling across this
> file. I never saw it referenced in the pluto documentation, but for some reason
> I cannot deploy without changing this file.
The documentation probably doesn't mention it because it was a patch
that was recently applied in order to fix issues with deployments in
different containers (other than tomcat). I sure the issue is simply
that no one's gotten around to supplying a patch for the documentation yet.
In the most recent releases is part of the default configuration - so we
should fix the documentation.
Does that answer your question?
David
>
> Mike
>
>
>
Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
Posted by Mike Monette <mm...@mail.com>.
Ken Ramirez <kramirez <at> thejavathinktank.org> writes:
>
> What do you mean by "modify the default configuration"? I placed a
> portlet app into the webapps folder of Tomcat and tried to run the app
> with no success. Then I changed the *.txt file to include the context
> name and tried to run the app again and it ran successfully.
>
> Ken
>
Has anyone come up with an answer for this yet? I'm curious, because I wasted a
good amount of time trying to deploy a new portlet before stumbling across this
file. I never saw it referenced in the pluto documentation, but for some reason
I cannot deploy without changing this file.
Mike
Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
Posted by Ken Ramirez <kr...@thejavathinktank.org>.
What do you mean by "modify the default configuration"? I placed a
portlet app into the webapps folder of Tomcat and tried to run the app
with no success. Then I changed the *.txt file to include the context
name and tried to run the app again and it ran successfully.
Ken
Nick Lothian wrote:
>Just to be clear - by default you don't need to worry about this file
>since pluto will find all portlet applications itself. If you modify
>the default configuration to use
>PortletDefinitionRegistryServiceContextImpl then you need to define
>the portlet applications in the text file.
>
>
>On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:54:50 -0800, Jeremy Boynes <jb...@gluecode.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry for the delay , I think this got lost in moderation
>>
>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: Re: What is the purpose of portletcontexts.txt file?
>>Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:52:38 -0800
>>From: Jeremy Boynes <jb...@apache.org>
>>To: pluto-user@portals.apache.org
>>References: <41...@yahoo.com.br>
>>
>>Flavio Regis de Arruda wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > I am learning how to deploy portlets in pluto. I think I've got the
>> > purpose of portletentityregistry.xml and pageregistry.xml,
>> > but I have no clue about portletcontexts.txt use... What's its purpose?
>> > How should I use it?
>> >
>>
>>It is used by the PortletDefinitionRegistryServiceContextImpl to
>>determine which contexts should be inspected for portlet definitions.
>>This avoids the problems with trying to locate them in the filesystem
>>when different appservers lay them out differently.
>>
>>If you are using this implementation, then you need to add each context
>>to search to this file.
>>
>>--
>>Jeremy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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