Standalone Tiles (as opposed to Struts Tiles) seems to be a nomad, at the moment. It seems to be currently residing at http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/sandbox/trunk/tiles/
While waiting for a more official status report, you might want to read these messages: * http://forums.opensymphony.com/thread.jspa?messageID=53290퀪 * http://forums.opensymphony.com/thread.jspa?messageID=55562� * http://forums.opensymphony.com/thread.jspa?threadID=23093 I'm sure Greg Reddin would appreciate any feedback from your example. I'll add the above to http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StandaloneTiles as interim pointers. - George > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:22 AM > To: user@struts.apache.org > Subject: Tiles W/JSP Sans Struts > > > My goal was to form a complete example of a > working Tiles/JSP example independently of Struts. However > the links > are dead in the current version. Also, I believe some of > the > documentation is dated, and some of what comes back from a > GIS are > leftover descriptions from an older version of Tiles. I > have created a fixed example that fits with some of the > previous documentation, but actually will work in the case of > using Tiles definitions. > > Tiles Background > 1. The <a > href="http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/installation.h > tml">Tiles > installation document</a> states that in order > to use Tiles independently, you would use the TilesServlet, > located in the struts-tiles-VERSION.jar. There is not a > TilesServlet, nor a struts-tiles-VERSION.jar, in the > struts-1.2.9-src, -lib, or -bin deliveries. The <a > href="http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/installation.h > tml">Tiles > installation document</a> has a dead link to > http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/cvs-usage.html. > 2. The <a > href="http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/faq.html";>Tiles > FAQ page</a> has a dead link to > http://cvs.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/nightly/sandbox/ti > les-core/. > 3. The example in the <a > href="http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/apidocs/org/ap > ache/struts/tiles/package-summary.html">API > from 1.x Struts</a> has some extra escaping > of &gt; characters. > 4. The > http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/examples.html > (Examples from 1.x Struts) page is incomplete. > 5. The http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/tagreference.html > definition tag does not mention name. Name is a required > attribute for definition. > > Solutions > 1. To use the Tiles in the current version of Struts, you > will need to > use the Struts servlet. I have uploaded a working example > with all of the necessary components (minus the libraries) > at > http://www.guesttime.com/members/ledlogic/stru> ts/TilesTest-0.1-src.jar > > If you build this and deploy the war to a webserver, there > are 3 examples in the line of the original struts examples, > one for pure JSP (/jsp/jspExample.jsp), one with JSP + > tiles (/jsp/tilesExample.jsp), and the last is > (/jsp/tilesXMLExample.jsp). > > 2. I am not sure if there are nightly builds > somewhere for tiles. Who manages these for Struts? > 3. The javadoc needs to be fixed in the java > source for the tiles package. > 4. Perhaps some of the information here could be > incorporated. Do you need someone to finish the > documentation for > Tiles? If so I can help. > 5. See the above example source package for an > example. I used name, not id. Here is the sample code: > > <definition name="tilesXMLDefinition" > template="/jsp/layout.jsp"> > <put name="title" value="Tiles XML Definition Example" > /> > <put name="header" value="/jsp/header.jsp" /> > <put name="body" value="/jsp/body.jsp" /> > </definition> > > > Jeff Conrad > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dmitri2060 on ebay / half.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
