I apologise, you’re right. But by changing it to : <pattern>/widgets/home.action</pattern>
It will work exactly the same way and only exclude the home action when invoked via the widgets namespace. Z. > I think your pattern is on the namespace rather than the action? > C. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Zoran Avtarovski <zo...@sparecreative.com> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org>; CS Wong > <lilw...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tue, Aug 11, 2009 9:49 pm > Subject: Re: Configuring SiteMesh for specific action mappings in Struts 2? > > > > > > > > > > > I¹m certain that¹s not correct. We use the decorators.xml file extensively > and we¹re able to have pretty fine control over the sitemesh decorators. I > know in our installation the decorator is based on the action url rather > than the resulting jsp file. > > For example you could include a excludes pattern which ignores all widget > requests by placing > <pattern>/widgets/*</pattern> in your excludes section. > > Z. >> > >> > >> > Tried this route but it seems to me that they only work if the patterns >> > specified point to physical files only. For example, it'd work if it points >> > to "index.html" or "/view/hello.jsp". >> > However, I was assuming that it would work for the output from the filter >> > dispatcher as well. What I wanted to achieve was to have SiteMesh invoked >> > for the output from "/hello.action" but to be excluded for >> > "/widgets/hello.action". >> > >> > Big picture-wise, what I wanted was to have one default Struts 2 package, >> > all configured to serve full pages decorated by SiteMesh. Then I'll create >> > another package "widgets", where there's no decorator invoked and it only >> > serves the raw content of the JSPs returned. On my pages, if20AJAX is >> > available, I'd dynamically change the links to load from the "widgets" >> > package instead so I can just call the widget and render it dynamically >> into >> > the page using JS. I'd be able to reuse both the action classes and the JSP >> > throughout both packages then. >> > >> > BTW, I know that SiteMesh is not a native Struts 2 application so if enough >> > people think I'm off-topic here please do let me know. I just thought that >> > since SiteMesh is a supported plugin, it may be applicable here. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Wong >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Eduard Neuwirt < >> > eduard.neuw...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > >>>> >> > Hi Wong, >>>> >> > >>>> >> > perhaps would the following entries from decorators.xml help you : >>>> >> > >>>> >> > <decorators defaultdir="/jsp/decorators"> >>>> >> > <excludes> >>>> >> > <pattern>/styles/*</pattern> >>>> >> > <pattern>/scripts/*</pattern> >>>> >> > <pattern>/images/*</pattern> >>>> >> > <pattern>/index.html</pattern> >>>> >> > </excludes> >>>> >> > ... >>>> >> > </decorators> >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Regards >>>> >> > Eduard Neuwirt >>>> >> > >>>> >> > CS Wong schrieb: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Hi, >>>>>> >>> >> I'm trying to configure sitemesh to only take effect for a certain subset >>>>>> >>> >> of >>>>>> >>> >> action mappings in my Struts 2 application. >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> Say for example, I have the following struts.xml snippet: >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> <package name="default" namespace="/" extends="struts-default"> >>>>>> >>> >> <action name="showForm"> >>>>>> >>> >> <result>/view/form.jsp</result> >>>>>> >>> >> </action> >>>>>> >>> >> </package> >>>>>> >>> >> <package name="widgets" nam > espace="/widgets" extends="struts-default"> >>>>>> >>> >> <action name="showForm"> >>>>>> >>> >> <result>/view/form.jsp</result> >>>>>> >>> >> </action> >>>>>> >>> >> </package> >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> I would like the output of "/showForm.action" to be decorated by >>>>>> SiteMesh >>>>>> >>> >> but for "/widgets/showForm.action" to be returned empty instead. The >>>>>> >>> >> critical part here is that I want the JSP file to be reused by both >>>> >>> action >>>>>> >>> >> mappings. >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> But try as I might, I can't seem to get SiteMesh's <exclude/> tag to >>>>>> >>> >> recognize a mapping. I have to specify the file "/view/form.jsp" to be >>>>>> >>> >> excluded instead and that means I won't be able to reuse the JSP file. >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> Is there any way I can get around this? >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> I'm using Struts 2.0.14. >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> Thanks, >>>>>> >>> >> Wong >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>> >> >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >>>> >> > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >>>> >> > >>>> >> > > > > > >
