When is new portlet api is due to come out? Is it gona be the same lines of IBM webspear portal Server API ?
thanks Vinay David Sean Taylor wrote: > > Take the simple example of the Stock Quote Portlet. I would > > like for a > > Im working on now that now, hopefully I can get it checked in by the end of > the week. > Had a minor setback, decided to use Torque + Cloudscape in my web service > implementation to store preferences in the web service. > Its mostly worked out, except for inserts still don't work. If anyone has > experience writing Torque db impls I'd appreciate a little help... > > > Similar examples would include MyFavoriteWebLinks or > > I wrote a bookmark portlet a while back for a client, still need to decouple > it from their specific code. > Don't want to bother with it until the new portlet api comes out (its going > to be the old portlet api at this rate ;-) > > > Do each of these require that a custom portlet be written? > > Should I be > > using the Jetspeed Persistence Service? Would this be a > > candidate for > > Velocity? > > Usually you have to write specific portlet customizers for specific > portlets, although you can choose to inherit the default. > > JetspeedPersistenceService stores back to the PSML file. > In the case of the StockQuotePortlet, I chose to store everything back to > the web service. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:39 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Writing Portlets that support "User Preferences" > > > > > > I have been searching through the documentation and mailing > > lists and I > > can't seem to figure out how to do a portlet that a user can > > customize. I > > apologize for the soft question but here goes.... > > > > Take the simple example of the Stock Quote Portlet. I would > > like for a > > user to click on an edit button, get a new window either inside the > > portlet window or a new window, allow the user to type in > > (validate) a > > stock ticker, and return to the portal window with the updated ticker > > list. This customization information would be saved in a > > file or in a > > database and pulled the next time the user logs in. > > > > Similar examples would include MyFavoriteWebLinks or > > MyCustomerOrders, > > etc. > > > > Do each of these require that a custom portlet be written? > > Should I be > > using the Jetspeed Persistence Service? Would this be a > > candidate for > > Velocity? > > > > We currently use ejbs, coccon, xml/xsl in our current > > architecture. I > > considered the XSLPortlet but that only uses a single xml/xsl > > combination, > > and the CocoonPortlet is not yet ready. > > > > I am currently thinking that I need to write a custom portlets with a > > small database schema to store some of this metadata. > > > > Any recommendations are welcome! > > > > Thanks. > > Jim Hughes > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
