Thanks Brain. Can anyone else give me a definitive answer about the struts2-sitemesh-plugin? Is it actually needed if you are using JSP decorators?
I've done a few little tests and it doesn't appear to be needed. I've including struts tags in the decorator JSP file and I can access my action properties. Thanks On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Brian Thompson <elephant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm, I just took a second look. We do actually have > struts2-sitemesh-plugin.jar in our classpath. OTOH, it doesn't seem to be > used anywhere. From the documentation available ( > http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/sitemesh-plugin.html), it sounds like the > plugin is only important if you're using Velocity or Freemarker. > > I might be missing something here, but based on my project files, it seems > to make sense. Someone more experienced with Sitemesh could probably give > you a better answer than I can. > > -Brian > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Greg Lindholm > <greg.lindh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Brian, you are saying I can use struts tags and access the action etc >> in my JSP decorator without needing the struts2-sitemesh-plugin? >> (This would be great, but then what is the plugin for?) >> >> Thanks Dave, Brian for the clarification on the filter vs filter-mapping >> order. >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Brian Thompson <elephant...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Re: Question 1 - >> > >> > No, you can use other taglibs inside a decorator file. My user.jsp >> > (decorator) has the following lines: >> > >> > <%-- Include struts tag declaration --%> >> > <%@ include file="/common/taglibs.jsp"%> >> > >> > <title><decorator:title/> - <s:text name="webapp.name"/></title> >> > >> > (it also uses <c:if> in places. All you need to do is declare the taglib >> > with e.g. >> > <%@ taglib uri="/struts-tags" prefix="s" %> >> > Simple!) >> > >> > >> > >> > Re: Question 4 - >> > >> > In my project, I have the filters mapped like this: >> > >> > <filter-mapping> >> > <filter-name>struts-cleanup</filter-name> >> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >> > </filter-mapping> >> > <filter-mapping> >> > <filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name> >> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >> > </filter-mapping> >> > <filter-mapping> >> > <filter-name>struts</filter-name> >> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> >> > </filter-mapping> >> > >> > >> > Hope this helps, >> > >> > Brian >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Greg Lindholm <greg.lindh...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >> I'm working on my first project that will use sitemesh and have some >> >> questions on basic configuration with Struts2. >> >> >> >> Info: >> >> struts 2.2.1 >> >> sitemesh 2.4.1 >> >> My decorators will be JSP files >> >> >> >> I'm looking at the struts2-sitemesh-plugin doc >> >> http://struts.apache.org/2.2.1/docs/sitemesh-plugin.html >> >> >> >> Question 1) If I want to access struts2 resources (from the action or >> >> value stack) and use struts2 tags from the decorator JSP then I need >> >> to use the sitemesh plugin, is that correct? >> >> >> >> Question 2) Do I need to configure the FreemarkerDecoratorServlet and >> >> VelocityDecoratorServlet since I'm only using JSP decorators? (I think >> >> not, but better ask.) >> >> >> >> Question 3) Do I need to configure the JspSupportServlet? It's listed >> >> under the Full Integration section with no mapping and no description? >> >> What does it do? >> >> >> >> Question 4) In the "Example" section of the doc the sitemesh filter >> >> appears after the two struts filters, is this correct? I was under the >> >> impression that the sitemesh filter must be declared between the >> >> struts-prepare and struts-execute filters. Is this the example wrong? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
