Thanks Maurizio.
To wrap this up; here are the changes I needed to make to web.xml to
use Sitemesh with Struts 2.2.1:
<filter>
<filter-name>struts2-prepare</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter>
<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
<filter-class>com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter>
<filter-name>struts2-execute</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsExecuteFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>struts2-prepare</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>struts2-execute</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
Thanks
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Maurizio Cucchiara
<maurizio.cucchi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You must include struts-sitemesh-plugin only if you need to use
> (Freemarker, Velocity)DecoratorServlet, otherwise you can use only
> sitemesh filter.
>
> 2010/12/3 Greg Lindholm <greg.lindh...@gmail.com>:
>> 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
>>>> >>
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