Cool. That's interesting. And you mentioned something about being able to manipulate placement of tiles from within the Action class. How is that done?
- Darryl > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandeep Takhar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 01 November 2001 18:23 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Duplication of Template Files Solution > > > When I tested it (a very simple test) I used the > following in the struts-config.xml file: > > <action path="/test/sandeepTestAction" > > type="org.apache.struts.example.tiles.test.SandeepTestAction"> > <forward name="success" path="doc.mainLayout"/> > </action> > > Here was the tiles definition for the path attribute > above (it can be any definition): > > <definition name="doc.mainLayout" > path="/layout/classicLayout.jsp"> > <put name="title" value="Tiles Library > Documentation" /> > <put name="header" value="/common/header.jsp" /> > <put name="menu" value="doc.menu.main" /> > <put name="footer" value="/common/footer.jsp" /> > <put name="body" value="doc.portal.body" /> > </definition> > > I used the tiles-docs.war file for my testing. > > sorry if my cut & paste is all messed up. > > - Sandeep > > > --- Darryl Pentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sandeep, > > > > Can you post an example of a struts-config mapping > > using Tiles. I tried to > > use Tiles but couldn't get it to run a page twice. > > In other words, I had a > > search function which worked fine the first time > > with Tiles, but when I > > changed the search criteria and resubmitted, the > > Action class ran, but when > > it forwarded the result to the JSP, the application > > hung at the insert tag. > > This is what prompted me to try the inline thing > > with the original Struts > > template tags and it worked, without any changes, so > > I deduced that Tiles is > > buggy. I'm running Orion on Win2K with a nightly > > build from about 10 days > > ago. > > > > I didn't know about being able to reference the > > Tiles definition from the > > struts-config action mapping, hence my request > > above. > > > > thanks, > > Darryl > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sandeep Takhar > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 01 November 2001 18:05 > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: Duplication of Template Files > > Solution > > > > > > > > > man i suck, i did it again. > > > > > > finish the thought, than send the mail. > > > > > > ok -- what I meant was that unlike what your > > initial > > > e-implies: that tiles works exactly like > > > template-tags, what I meant was that you can > > create > > > the duplicate definition in the xml file and than > > > reference this layout definition/component in the > > > action forward of a struts-config file. I like > > this > > > solution better because you have clearly defined > > all > > > the layouts and are just forwarding to the correct > > > one. > > > > > > This means that you don't need the duplicated jsp > > > which is a pain to maintain. So either solution > > (the > > > one you described) and this one will get rid of > > that > > > duplicate jsp. > > > > > > - Sandeep > > > --- Sandeep Takhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Tiles allows you to do this as well. > > > > > > > > btw: I have replied to another reply in this > > same > > > > thread about other things I like about tiles. > > In my > > > > usual haste I deleted the original message when > > I > > > > realized there was something more I wanted to > > say. > > > > > > > > - sandeep > > > > --- Darryl Pentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've discovered quite by accident that the > > Struts > > > > > templating framework > > > > > allows me to eliminate duplication of my JSP > > pages > > > > > by simply including the > > > > > body page inline to the template definition > > page. > > > > By > > > > > this I mean I combine > > > > > both pages into one as follows: > > > > > > > > > > <template:insert ...> > > > > > <template:put name="header" ... /> > > > > > <template:put name="nav" ... /> > > > > > <template:put name="body" ... /> > > > > > > > > > > ... BODY HTML GOES HERE ... > > > > > > > > > > </template:put> > > > > > </template:insert> > > > > > > > > > > I'd previously enquired on this list how I > > could > > > > > eliminate the duplication > > > > > of the pages where the main body HTML exists > > in a > > > > > separate JSP page that is > > > > > simply referred to from the definition file > > i.e. > > > > > <template:put name="body" > > > > > content="/blah/blah/body.jsp"/>. Strangely > > nobody > > > > > responded with the above > > > > > solution so I'm wondering is this simply a > > > > > side-effect of the PutTag class > > > > > or Craig, did you intend for it to work this > > way? > > > > > I'm quite surprised I > > > > > haven't seen this technique used in any of the > > > > > examples. Rather, the > > > > > duplication is suggested. The new Tiles > > extension > > > > > allows the above which > > > > > prompted me to try it with the Struts template > > tag > > > > > library just for grins, > > > > > and it worked! > > > > > > > > > > Is there a problem with doing it inline like I > > > > > illustrate above? I looked at > > > > > the source code and I see the PutTag class > > does > > > > > extend BodyTagSupport so > > > > > everything should work fine. So far, the stuff > > > > I've > > > > > played around with seems > > > > > to work fine with no problems. > > > > > > > > > > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > Darryl Pentz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > > > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! 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