After several reads, it is taking me some time to understand this, but I get
the overall concept, but Im a little fuzzy in the details.
I've also been looking at the new Turbine Pull Service.
You can find it in the cvs head at org.apache.turbine.services.pull
Also see: http://java.apache.org/turbine/pullmodel.html
It appears a little thin, but I like the concept very much.
The pull model, in my interpretation, is a way to bring an object model
directly into template pages.
This will allow designers to access, or pull, objects and their attributes
directly in a template page, whether it be Velocity, WebMacro, JSP,...
A Toolbox is a collection of application tools. Im not sure if this is a
hierachy of tools, like java classes, or simply a Map
Application tools remind me of beans in JSPs...
It not clear how the lifetime or state of these tools will be managed.
The important thing that I get from this is Jetspeed will provide
application tools that can be 'pulled' into layouts (template pages), such
as panes, layout and window managers, links and actions. I assume these
tools will work in JSP as well as Velocity.
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The 'Portlet API'
I haven't seen much activity in this area lately...
How does the Layout system relate to the work being done on the portlet api?
Should the portlet api be accessible in the toolbox?
Perhaps not the entire api, but just the relevant parts, or is it something
entirely different.
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It would help to make some comparisons and contrast:
Is a Window Manager something like a 'control'?
Is a Layout Manager something like a 'controller'?
Is a Configuration like a psml resource(s)?
Is a Pane roughly equivalent to a colection of portlets that may be grouped
onto a layout, like the jetspeed:ecsscreen tag in the current impl?
Its not clear what a screenlet is.
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