Hi, But I dont see the class TilesActionComponentServlet Because I am working with Struts 1.0 and I am using tilesForStruts1-0.jar ...
regards, Shirish. -----Original Message----- From: Cedric Dumoulin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:55 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Tiles Question:Diff between jsp and XML tiles definations... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi Cedric, >Thanks for the reply once again..:-)) > >But I still have one question. >So does it mean that using the jsp approach is a bit inefficient? > Yes, unless you provide a mechanism to avoid the reload of definition >But is the the only disadvantage? > No, Definition are located in jsp pages instead of a central file, and you can't easily use inheritance. > >My main concern is can I use all the features of tiles (Mainly defination Inheritance >etc.)with the jsp approach? > Inheritance is not fully implemented whith def in jsp. > >I am trying to avoid the use of action component servlet as We already have extended >ActionServlet in our project.And I am not sure if we Instead inherit >ActionComponentServlet will it affect any thing else.. > Try to inherit from the TilesActionComponentServlet. It overload few methods, so it should not interfere with your class. Cedric > >regards, >Shirish > >-----Original Message----- >From: Cedric Dumoulin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:19 PM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: Re: Tiles Question:Diff between jsp and XML tiles >definations... > > > > There is some differences: > > * Xml definitions are store in a factory; they can be inserted with > <insert name="aDefinition"; they are declared in a centralized > file, they can be declared using inheritance; they can be used in > a struts <forward ...> tag; they need the initialization of the > factory (done by the plugin) > * jsp definition are stored in one of the jsp context. They are > inserted with <insert beanName="aBeanId">; they don't need the > factory; they can't be used as struts <forward ...>; they are > created each time the <tiles:definition ..> tag is encountered. > > Hope this help, > > Cedric > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Hi All, >>I am new to tiles and experimenting with it a bit to see if our struts 1.0 template >>based application can be ported to Tiles easily... >> >>I have got some sample pages from our application working using tiles definations >>But the definations are defined in a jsp file. >> >>So my question is whats the difference between Using an xml file for defination and >>using a jsp file?If I am using jsp definations, Do i stil need to initialise the >>Defination factory? >> >>If I go the jsp way, Will I be still able to use all features of tiles ?because I >>think to use tiles I need to use ActionComponentServlet(Struts 1.0) instead of >>ActionServlet...And the ActionComponentServlet modifies the forward behaviour for >>use with tiles...So does it mean that whether I use xml definations or not,I need to >>use ActionCOmponentServlet...Is it true? >> >>Any help is appreciated... >> >>regards, >>Shirish >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
