Chris,
Thanks for the info. However, I have tried changing the action
to /jetspeed. I then get a 404 not found. Do I need to add
somthing to the config of tomcat in server.xml?
-Aaron
Chris Kimpton wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> --- Aaron Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've been digging through this list, the jakarta portlet catalog
> > and several other places but haven't been able to find an example
> > doing something similar to what I would like.
> >
> > What I want to do is write a Java class that extends
> > AbstractPortlet
> > or ApplicationPortlet. However, this class will call itself within
> > a
> > form element. A simple pared down code without all the method calls
> >
> > and imports follows. Is this possible or am I way off?
> > I've done similar things will servlets but can't seem to make it
> > work with portlets.
> >
>
> This should be fine - we've done it with portlets.
>
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > public class JobSubmit extends AbstractPortlet
> > {
> >
> > public ConcreteElement getContent(RunData data)
> > {
> > String text = null;
> > String action = null;
> > Boolean success;
> >
> > ParameterParser params = data.getParameters();
> > action = params.getString("action");
> > if (action == null)
> > {
> > text = "<form
> > method=\"POST\"action=\"/jetspeed/servlet/JobSubmit\">\n" +
> > "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\"
> > value=\"submitjob\">\n" +
> > ..... //additional form elements here
> > "</form>
>
> Your action should just be /jetspeed - as that is the servlet. The
> action will then passed to all portlets - so using a good unique name
> might avoid clashes.
>
> > }
> > else if(action.equals("submitjob"))
> > {
> > //get job parameters here
> > //submit job based on parameters
> > success = jobsubmit( ... );
> > if(success)
> > {
> > text = "Job submitted succesfully!";
> > } else {
> > text = "Job failed!";
> > }
> > }
> >
> > return (new StringElement(text));
> >
> > }
> >
>
> HTH,
> Chris
>
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