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Posted to jetspeed-user@portals.apache.org by Mike Davis <th...@yahoo.com> on 2003/01/15 05:00:00 UTC
How to refer to another JSP (from a JSP portlet) staying within "portlet context"
Hi Folks,
Here is the situation (#4 is my main concern) .
1) I am using JSP portlets since I am not familiar with Velocity and I do NOT wish to use a DatabaseBrowser portlet
2) I have a task that makes sense to show a series of JSP's (within the same portlet "space" if possible) to accomplish. Thus there is a screen flow that I want to setup.
3) For example,
- The first JSP (portlet) (JSP #1) shows a list of names of toys. The toy name is actually a hyperlink to the details on that specific toy.
- If the user clicks on that hyperlink (toy name), a new screen (JSP #2) is shown (in that same portlet "space") which shows the details of that toy. The new screen has two buttons, one that says "update" and the other says "return".
- If the user clicks the update button, the user is displayed a screen (JSP #3) that contains the toy details to be editted and a submit button.
- And so on, you get the idea. Extremely common functionality...
4) I have played with the jetspeed:portletlink tag, but it's doesn't seem to work. I added this to a JSP portlet and when I click it, the page does seem to repaint, but no HelloJSP is shown:
<a href="<jetspeed:portletlink name="HelloJSP" />"><jetspeed:portletlink name="HelloJSP" /></A>
This is that the link looks like in the page (Note that I do NOT have an action specified above. I guess that Maximize is the default):
http://localhost:8080/portal/user/m/page/default.psml/media-type/html?action=controls.Maximize
5) I have read the tutorial and I must admit that I do not find it very clear on how to accomplish this type of functionality. I read about the "action" and the "template" which seems to work great if you are showing a single screen full of data...
6) It would simply be a case of passing the toy name (see example above) as a parameter to JSP #2 from JSP #1 as part of the link. Something like:
----- snipet from JSP #1 -----
<a href="JSP#2.jsp?toyname=legos">Legos</a>
7) Any larger examples of how to do this would be greatly appreciated
Thanks very much in advance,
Mike
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RE: How to refer to another JSP (from a JSP portlet) staying within "portlet context"
Posted by Mike Davis <th...@yahoo.com>.
Hi Mark,
To be clear, what I am trying to do is (within a JSP Portlet) present a hyperlink (with some attached request parameters) that refers to itself within the normal context. Is there some other link type (tag) I can use to do this (link? navigation?) ?
This would look like in a "regular" JSP something like:
myJSP.jsp---------
// lots of stuff here
<a href="myJSP.jsp?myparm=somevalue">click here</a>
// more stuff
------ end myJSP.jsp -----
The portletlink tag does what I want other than rendering in the Maximized view as described previously...
Thanks again,
Mike
Mark Orciuch <ma...@ngsltd.com> wrote:>
> Hi Mark,
> Thanks for the reply. Based on your advice, I got
> quite a bit farther. I have figured out much of how to use the
> action and the template. However, I have one more question
> regarding the portletlink tag.
> This piece of code within the JSP template:
> "/>&mylink=tom">HERE
>
> Results in the following HTML:
> > href="HEREhttp://localhost:8080/portal/user/m/page/default.psml/js
> _peid/P-f2c39a9b06-10001/media-type/html?action=controls.Maximize&
> mylink=tom">HERE
>
> I don't want the "action=controls.Maximize", I simply want the
> "normal" (non-Maximized) view. What do I need to change? Is
> there a configuration settting to control this behavior?
>
I'm not sure where portletlink fits into your wizard portlet. "Normal" view
would be showing the portlet within page along with other portlets defined
on that page so I don't know why you want to use portletlink (unless the
portlet is in different pane or something).
> On a side note, I looked at "JSP1_1andJetspeedTagLib" and there
> was nothing that I saw that showed me an example of the jspeid
> attribute. I figured that out by your hint and looking at the
> taglib directly. Is there a more complete example for the
> portletlink tag somewhere?
>
No, there isn't. Using js_peid directly is not the best approach since
js_peid can change.
Best regards,
Mark Orciuch - morciuch@apache.org
Jakarta Jetspeed - Enterprise Portal in Java
http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/
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RE: How to refer to another JSP (from a JSP portlet) staying within "portlet context"
Posted by Mark Orciuch <ma...@ngsltd.com>.
>
> Hi Mark,
> Thanks for the reply. Based on your advice, I got
> quite a bit farther. I have figured out much of how to use the
> action and the template. However, I have one more question
> regarding the portletlink tag.
> This piece of code within the JSP template:
> <a href="<jetspeed:portletlink jspeid="<%=jspeid%>"/>&mylink=tom">HERE</a>
>
> Results in the following HTML:
> <a
> href="HEREhttp://localhost:8080/portal/user/m/page/default.psml/js
> _peid/P-f2c39a9b06-10001/media-type/html?action=controls.Maximize&
> mylink=tom">HERE</a>
>
> I don't want the "action=controls.Maximize", I simply want the
> "normal" (non-Maximized) view. What do I need to change? Is
> there a configuration settting to control this behavior?
>
I'm not sure where portletlink fits into your wizard portlet. "Normal" view
would be showing the portlet within page along with other portlets defined
on that page so I don't know why you want to use portletlink (unless the
portlet is in different pane or something).
> On a side note, I looked at "JSP1_1andJetspeedTagLib" and there
> was nothing that I saw that showed me an example of the jspeid
> attribute. I figured that out by your hint and looking at the
> taglib directly. Is there a more complete example for the
> portletlink tag somewhere?
>
No, there isn't. Using js_peid directly is not the best approach since
js_peid can change.
Best regards,
Mark Orciuch - morciuch@apache.org
Jakarta Jetspeed - Enterprise Portal in Java
http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/
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RE: How to refer to another JSP (from a JSP portlet) staying within "portlet context"
Posted by Mike Davis <th...@yahoo.com>.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the reply. Based on your advice, I got quite a bit farther. I have figured out much of how to use the action and the template. However, I have one more question regarding the portletlink tag.
This piece of code within the JSP template:
<a href="<jetspeed:portletlink jspeid="<%=jspeid%>"/>&mylink=tom">HERE</a>
Results in the following HTML:
<a href="HEREhttp://localhost:8080/portal/user/m/page/default.psml/js_peid/P-f2c39a9b06-10001/media-type/html?action=controls.Maximize&mylink=tom">HERE</a>
I don't want the "action=controls.Maximize", I simply want the "normal" (non-Maximized) view. What do I need to change? Is there a configuration settting to control this behavior?
On a side note, I looked at "JSP1_1andJetspeedTagLib" and there was nothing that I saw that showed me an example of the jspeid attribute. I figured that out by your hint and looking at the taglib directly. Is there a more complete example for the portletlink tag somewhere?
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Orciuch <mo...@apache.org> wrote: Mike,
My comments in-line:
>
> Here is the situation (#4 is my main concern) .
>
> 1) I am using JSP portlets since I am not familiar with Velocity
> and I do NOT wish to use a DatabaseBrowser portlet
>
> 2) I have a task that makes sense to show a series of JSP's
> (within the same portlet "space" if possible) to accomplish.
> Thus there is a screen flow that I want to setup.
>
> 3) For example,
>
> - The first JSP (portlet) (JSP #1) shows a list of names of toys.
> The toy name is actually a hyperlink to the details on that
> specific toy.
>
> - If the user clicks on that hyperlink (toy name), a new screen
> (JSP #2) is shown (in that same portlet "space") which shows the
> details of that toy. The new screen has two buttons, one that
> says "update" and the other says "return".
>
> - If the user clicks the update button, the user is displayed a
> screen (JSP #3) that contains the toy details to be editted and a
> submit button.
>
> - And so on, you get the idea. Extremely common functionality...
>
Sounds like a wizard portlet. I don't know of any examples of how to write
it but a generic wizard portlet would be a nice addition to Jetspeed. My
recommendation would be to use a driver JSP template which would include
different JSP templates depending on the step #, such as file="page-x.jsp" %>. You would write JSPPortletAction to control the screen
flow.
> 4) I have played with the jetspeed:portletlink tag, but it's
> doesn't seem to work. I added this to a JSP portlet and when I
> click it, the page does seem to repaint, but no HelloJSP is shown:
>
> > />">
>
> This is that the link looks like in the page (Note that I do NOT
> have an action specified above. I guess that Maximize is the default):
>
>
http://localhost:8080/portal/user/m/page/default.psml/media-type/html?action
=controls.Maximize
The tag will need either "js_peid" (if portlet is in
the current psml) or "psml" and "portletname" (if portlet is in another
psml) to correctly generate the link. Just look at "JSP1_1andJetspeedTagLib"
portlet for an example.
Best regards,
Mark Orciuch - morciuch@apache.org
Jakarta Jetspeed - Enterprise Portal in Java
http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/
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RE: How to refer to another JSP (from a JSP portlet) staying within "portlet context"
Posted by Mark Orciuch <mo...@apache.org>.
Mike,
My comments in-line:
>
> Here is the situation (#4 is my main concern) .
>
> 1) I am using JSP portlets since I am not familiar with Velocity
> and I do NOT wish to use a DatabaseBrowser portlet
>
> 2) I have a task that makes sense to show a series of JSP's
> (within the same portlet "space" if possible) to accomplish.
> Thus there is a screen flow that I want to setup.
>
> 3) For example,
>
> - The first JSP (portlet) (JSP #1) shows a list of names of toys.
> The toy name is actually a hyperlink to the details on that
> specific toy.
>
> - If the user clicks on that hyperlink (toy name), a new screen
> (JSP #2) is shown (in that same portlet "space") which shows the
> details of that toy. The new screen has two buttons, one that
> says "update" and the other says "return".
>
> - If the user clicks the update button, the user is displayed a
> screen (JSP #3) that contains the toy details to be editted and a
> submit button.
>
> - And so on, you get the idea. Extremely common functionality...
>
Sounds like a wizard portlet. I don't know of any examples of how to write
it but a generic wizard portlet would be a nice addition to Jetspeed. My
recommendation would be to use a driver JSP template which would include
different JSP templates depending on the step #, such as <%@ include
file="page-x.jsp" %>. You would write JSPPortletAction to control the screen
flow.
> 4) I have played with the jetspeed:portletlink tag, but it's
> doesn't seem to work. I added this to a JSP portlet and when I
> click it, the page does seem to repaint, but no HelloJSP is shown:
>
> <a href="<jetspeed:portletlink name="HelloJSP"
> />"><jetspeed:portletlink name="HelloJSP" /></A>
>
> This is that the link looks like in the page (Note that I do NOT
> have an action specified above. I guess that Maximize is the default):
>
>
http://localhost:8080/portal/user/m/page/default.psml/media-type/html?action
=controls.Maximize
The <jetspeed:portletlink> tag will need either "js_peid" (if portlet is in
the current psml) or "psml" and "portletname" (if portlet is in another
psml) to correctly generate the link. Just look at "JSP1_1andJetspeedTagLib"
portlet for an example.
Best regards,
Mark Orciuch - morciuch@apache.org
Jakarta Jetspeed - Enterprise Portal in Java
http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/
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