Hello. I'm a beginner in web development with Struts2 and I'm planning the structure of my application. Let me tell you my problem.
With 'page composition strategy' I mean the strategy for making all pages in the application share the same HTML structure (header, left-column, content, right column, footer) using template inclusion mechanisms or others. Currently I'm using inclusion and all my JSPs share the same structure: A. 'include' prelude content: header, left-column. B. Specific content. C. 'include' coda content: right-column, footer. I don't like this approach and I'm thinking about alternatives; I wonder if Struts2 can help with this: i. Use the very same JSP template for all requests. That template would include specific content by calling the corresponding segment. This would involve a default result pointing to this JSP template and some means of specifying the name of the specific segment that will be invoked from inside the main template. ii. Use result pages as segments and render only specific content. Later on, some interceptor or servlet filter would include prelude and coda in the output stream. So, my questions are: 1. Can you recommend the best practice for page composition in Struts2? 2. Can I use Struts2 for implementing above mentioned strategies i. and ii.? How? Thanks for your time. Regards. Antonio. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
