On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, John Patterson wrote: > Joseph, > > > > With Tiles multiple components (or values) to be placed into a template > can > > > be defined in an XML file or in a jsp page. This allows complex pages > to be > > > composed by specifying what components you want and in what order. > > > > You can do the same thing with Sitemesh. > > Really? How do you use Sitemesh to create two pages such that: > a) they use the same template file > b) they are each composed of two unique components (not just text > properties) > c) there is no logic in the template
> An example would be great as I can't see from the documentation how this can > be done. <page:applyDecorator name="panel" page="foo.action" /> foo.action can do whatever it wants. It can also be controlled from information from the session if you like. Lo and behold. > > > With Sitemesh only one component may be placed into the template which > is > > > defined by the request URL. The template must know what pieces to put > the > > > in the placeholders (ie title, body). This limits potential reuse. > > > > > > Or have I missed something about Sitemesh? > > > > Yeah, you have. There's nothing that prevents the decorator from using > > dynamic information. > > But this requires the template to contain the page composition logic which > limits its reuse potential. "foo.action" seems generic enough to me. Same for pulling information from session state. > John. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Matt Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 5:53 PM > > > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] Webwork with Tiles > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:56:21 +0100, John Patterson > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am looking into using Webwork for an upcoming web project. In the > > > past > > > > > I have used Struts with the Tiles extension which I really liked for > its > > > > > page layout abilities. It seems that with Webwork most people are > using > > > > > Sitemesh to do something similar. From what I can tell Sitemesh > allows > > > > > you to > > > > > decorate a page with headers and footers etc. but can not do dynamic > > > page > > > > > composition. Is this correct? > > > > > > > > This isn't entirely correct. As you can specify which decorator to > use in > > > > sitemesh, you could have a Context menu mesh that does what you're > > > > describing. However, this logic needs to be done directly in the jsp > > > > rather than in an xml file like tiles. The sitemesh site, > > > > http://www.opensymphony.com/sitemesh/, has a good drawing of this. > > > > > > > > M > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft > > > > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > > > > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > > > > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft > > > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > > > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > > > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Joseph B. Ottinger http://enigmastation.com > > IT Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > J2EE Editor - Java Developer's Journal [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft > > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph B. Ottinger http://enigmastation.com IT Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] J2EE Editor - Java Developer's Journal [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
