You can check out the Struts Menu project from SourceForge if you want to look at the code:
http://struts-menu.sf.net The MenuRepository.java in src/java/net/sf/navigator/menu has an initDigester() method that does most of the parsing work. This is done using Commons Digester. Here's an article on digester that may help you understand it better: http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/23/digester.html Matt On 2/21/07, Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How does the configuration file being parsed and read to generate the menu ? I wish to know the mechanism behind it Michael Horwitz wrote: > > The menu is generated using the menu-config.xml configuration file > directly > below WEB-INF. > > Mike. > > > On 2/21/07, Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> how's the menu being generated in Appfuse 2.0 ? >> >> I wish to trace if generating more than 3 levels of menu is possible >> >> >> Fan wrote: >> > >> > here is my menu-config.xml : >> > >> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> > <MenuConfig> >> > <Displayers> >> > <Displayer name="Velocity" >> > type="net.sf.navigator.displayer.VelocityMenuDisplayer"/> >> > </Displayers> >> > <Menus> >> > <Menu name="MainMenu" title="mainMenu.title" >> > page="/mainMenu.html"/> >> > <Menu name="UserMenu" title="menu.user" description="User Menu" >> > page="/editProfile.html" roles="admin,user"/> >> > <Menu name="FileUpload" title="menu.selectFile" >> description="File >> > Upload" width="100" page="/uploadFile!start.html" roles="admin,user"/> >> > <Menu name="AdminMenu" title="menu.admin" description="Admin >> Menu" >> > roles="admin" width="120" page="/users.html"> >> > <Item name="ViewUsers" title="menu.admin.users" >> > page="/users.html"/> >> > <Item name="ActiveUsers" title="mainMenu.activeUsers" >> > page="/activeUsers.html"/> >> > <Item name="ReloadContext" title="menu.admin.reload" >> > page="/reload.html"/> >> > >> > <Item name="FlushCache" title="menu.flushCache" >> > page="/flushCache.html"/> >> > >> > <Item name="Clickstream" title="menu.clickstream" >> > page="/clickstreams.jsp"> >> > >> > <Item name="ViewStores" title="menu.viewStore" >> > page="/stores.html"> >> > <Item name="ViewStores" title="menu.viewStore" >> > page="/stores.html"/> >> > </Item> >> > >> > </Item> >> > >> > </Menu> >> > <Menu name="Logout" title="user.logout" page="/logout.jsp" >> > roles="admin,user"/> >> > </Menus> >> > </MenuConfig> >> > >> > here is the generated HTML : >> > >> > <ul id="primary-nav" class="menuList"> >> > <li class="pad"></li> >> > >> > <li> >> > /mainMenu.html Main Menu >> > </li> >> > >> > <li> >> > /editProfile.html Edit Profile >> > </li> >> > >> > <li> >> > /uploadFile!start.html Upload A File >> > </li> >> > >> > <li class="menubar"> >> > /users.html Administration >> > >> > <ul> >> > >> > <li> >> > /users.html View Users >> > </li> >> > >> > <li> >> > /activeUsers.html Current Users >> > </li> >> > >> > <li> >> > /reload.html Reload Options >> > </li> >> > >> > <li> >> > /flushCache.html Flush Cache >> > </li> >> > >> > <li class="menubar"> >> > /clickstreams.jsp Clickstream >> > >> > <ul> >> > <li class="menubar"> >> > /stores.html View Stores >> > <ul> >> > <li class="last"> >> > /stores.html View Stores >> > </li> >> > </ul> >> > >> > </li> >> > </li> >> > </li> >> > >> > <li> >> > /logout.jsp Logout >> > </li> >> > </ul> >> > >> > >> > >> > Matt Raible-3 wrote: >> >> >> >> If you look at the generated HTML - does it appear to be correct? If >> >> so, it's probably a CSS issue. If not, then it's probably a Velocity >> >> template issue. >> >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> On 9/26/06, Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I want to archieve this >> >>> >> >>> Administration >> >>> |-- View Users -- View Users -- View Users >> >>> |--Current Users >> >>> |--Reload Options >> >>> |--Flush Cache >> >>> |--ClickStream >> >>> >> >>> Logout >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> with the following config: >> >>> >> >>> <Menu name="AdminMenu" title="menu.admin" description="Admin Menu" >> >>> roles="admin" width="120" forward="viewUsers"> >> >>> >> >>> <Item name="ViewUsers1" title="menu.admin.users" >> >>> forward="viewUsers"> >> >>> <Item name="ViewUsers2" title="menu.admin.users" >> >>> forward="viewUsers"> >> >>> <Item name="ViewUsers3" title="menu.admin.users" >> >>> forward="viewUsers"/> >> >>> </Item> >> >>> </Item> >> >>> >> >>> <Item name="ActiveUsers" title="mainMenu.activeUsers" >> >>> action="activeUsers"/> >> >>> <Item name="ReloadContext" title="menu.admin.reload" >> >>> action="reload"/> >> >>> >> >>> <Item name="FlushCache" title="menu.flushCache" >> >>> action="flush"/> >> >>> <Item name="Clickstream" title="menu.clickstream" >> >>> page="/clickstreams.jsp"/> >> >>> >> >>> </Menu> >> >>> <Menu name="Logout" title="user.logout" page="/logout.jsp" >> >>> roles="admin,user"/> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> but ended up with this result: >> >>> >> >>> Administration >> >>> |-- View Users -- View Users -- View Users >> >>> |-- Logout |--Current Users >> >>> |--Reload Options >> >>> |--Flush Cache >> >>> |--ClickStream >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Any clue ?? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Fan wrote: >> >>> > >> >>> > Cool !!! the advice really helps !!! TQ Matt >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > Matt Raible-3 wrote: >> >>> >> >> >>> >> On 8/31/06, Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> I did use nested <Item> , it was possible to have third level of >> >>> menu, >> >>> >>> but >> >>> >>> the third level menu did overlap the second level menu >> >>> >> >> >>> >> You should be able to fix this with some minor CSS changes. >> >>> >> >> >>> >> http://tinyurl.com/fuweg >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Matt >> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> Fan wrote: >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > Is it something like the following ? : >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > <Menus> >> >>> >>> > <Menu name="MainMenu" title="mainMenu.title" >> >>> >>> > page="/mainMenu.html"/> >> >>> >>> > <Menu name="UserMenu" title="menu.user" >> description="User >> >>> >>> Menu" >> >>> >>> > forward="editProfile" oles="admin,user"/> >> >>> >>> > <Menu name="FileUpload" title="menu.selectFile" >> >>> >>> description="File >> >>> >>> > Upload" width="100" forward="selectFile" roles="admin,user"/> >> >>> >>> > <Menu name="PeopleMenu" title="menu.viewPeople" >> >>> >>> > forward="viewPeople"/> >> >>> >>> > <Menu name="AdminMenu" title="menu.admin" >> >>> description="Admin >> >>> >>> Menu" >> >>> >>> > roles="admin" width="120" forward="viewUsers"> >> >>> >>> > <Item name="ViewUsers" title="menu.admin.users" >> >>> >>> > forward="viewUsers"/> >> >>> >>> > <Item name="ActiveUsers" >> title="mainMenu.activeUsers >> " >> >>> >>> > action="activeUsers"/> >> >>> >>> > <Item name="ReloadContext" >> title="menu.admin.reload" >> >>> >>> > action="reload"/> >> >>> >>> > <Item name="FlushCache" title="menu.flushCache" >> >>> >>> > action="flush"/> >> >>> >>> > <Item name="Clickstream" title="menu.clickstream" >> >>> >>> > page="/clickstreams.jsp"/> >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > <Item name="SubClickstream" >> >>> >>> > title="menu.subclickstream" page="/subclickstreams.jsp"/> >> >>> >>> > </Item> >> >>> >>> > </Menu> >> >>> >>> > <Menu name="Logout" title="user.logout" >> page="/logout.jsp" >> >>> >>> > roles="admin,user"/> >> >>> >>> > </Menus> >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > >> >>> >>> > Matt Raible-3 wrote: >> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> You should be able to use many nested <Item> elements to >> achieve >> >>> what >> >>> >>> >> you're looking for. >> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> Matt >> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> On 7/31/06, Andr? 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