Question on compositing Tiles dynamically from Action

[Brice Ruth]

I have an Action that will do some DB things and currently return a 
pre-defined ActionForward that links to a pre-defined Tile definition. 
Examples are below. What I want to do, is save myself some typing, and 
assemble the tile definition dynamically in the Action, and then return 
a new ActionForward for that definition (or something like this). The 
reason being, the forwards & Tile definitions (currently) would need to 
be duplicated 4 additional times to support the different sections of 
our site.

Any suggestions? I'd need to be able to create definitions that extend 
pre-defined ones (like .baseLayout.garden) as well as setting attributes 
that reference pre-defined definitions (like .mainLayout). Thanks in 
advance!

Forwards:
       <forward
           name="displayProduct"
           path="garden.product"/>
       <forward
           name="showCategory"
           path="garden.category"/>
Tile-Defs:
   <definition name="garden.product" extends=".baseLayout.garden">
       <put name="mainLayout" value=".mainLayout"/>
       <put name="navigation" value=".navigation.level3"/>
       <put name="content" value="/common/tiles/productContent.jsp"/>
   </definition>
   <definition name="garden.category" extends=".baseLayout.garden">
       <put name="mainLayout" value=".mainLayout"/>
       <put name="navigation" value=".navigation.level3"/>
       <put name="content" 
value="/common/tiles/productCategoryContent.jsp"/>
   </definition>

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Brice D. Ruth
Sr. IT Analyst
Fiskars Brands, Inc.


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