I have an app using S2, S1, MyFaces, and Tiles. We are using
Tiles-2.0.4 in all three modules, so we are not using the Struts-Tiles
plugins either in S1 or S2. All pages are Tiles, even the JSF pages.
Normally, to use Tiles in S2, you specify the 'type' parameter on the
result mappings. However that interferes with dispatching the result to
JSF. So getting rid of the Struts-tiles plugins, and having the S2
requests forward to "/SomeTile.tiles" works fine. In fact, based on our
success with that, I can't see why anyone would want to use the Plugin.
Integrating all these frameworks was a lot of work. The most
difficult part was getting I18N messages to work not only in the S1, S2,
and JSF pages, but also in back-end modules, which do not have any
Struts components or access to the Session. Here is a portion of our
web.xml file (pretty big file, sorry):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.4"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee";
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd";>
<!-- ....... -->
<!-- <context-param>
<param-name>org.apache.tiles.CONTEXT_FACTORY</param-name>
<param-value>
org.apache.tiles.context.enhanced.EnhancedContextFactory
</param-value>
</context-param>-->
<!-- Define Tiles config files -->
<context-param>
<param-name>
org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.DEFINITIONS_CONFIG
</param-name>
<param-value>
/WEB-INF/config/tiles_rp.xml,
/WEB-INF/config/tiles_dm.xml,
/WEB-INF/config/tiles_pm.xml,
/WEB-INF/config/tiles_as.xml
</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- use javascript to restore vertical scroll on every request -->
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>server</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.apache.myfaces.AUTO_SCROLL</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- faces-config.xlm is in standard place (as defined in tomahawk jar)
- don't want to duplicate
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml</param-value>
</context-param> -->
<!-- Filter to redirect requests generated by Struts-1 to the
Struts-2 'Welcome.action', if there is no User login credential
in the Session. -->
<filter>
<description>
Since the user may bookmark a Struts-1 page, the submitted
request would not be fully processed by the Struts-2 filter,
which means that the LoginInterceptor would not be executed,
with a resultant gaping security hole. This Filter will
redirect any request without a User login credential in their
Session. This filter will be mapped to '*.do' to catch
requests
generated by Struts-1 and to '*.jsf' to catch requests generated
from JSF pages.
</description>
<filter-name>LoginRedirectFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>
com.kamakura.struts2.interceptor.LoginRedirectFilter
</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>redirectURL</param-name>
<param-value>/reports/Welcome.action</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter>
<description>
This filter executes code to initialize the user, where the
Request state is "LoggedIn = true" and "Initialized = false".
The discriminator for "LoggedIn" is the presence in the session
of a "DBUser" object. The discriminator for "Initialized" is
the presence in the session of a Locale object.
The initialization process consists of retrieving the Locale
preferences from the ( database / cookies / request ) and
storing
it in the session.
</description>
<filter-name> UserInitializerFilter </filter-name>
<filter-class>
com.kamakura.struts2.interceptor.UserInitializerFilter
</filter-class>
</filter>
<!-- Filter (Struts-2) -->
<filter>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<filter-class>
org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher
</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter>
<display-name>Ajax4jsf Filter</display-name>
<filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.ajax4jsf.Filter</filter-class>
</filter>
<!-- The MyFacesExtensionsFilter is used by some of the more
sophisticated
'Tomahawk' components to provide resources. -->
<filter>
<filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter
</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
<param-value>20m</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>LoginRedirectFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>LoginRedirectFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>UserInitializerFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>UserInitializerFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.action</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>UserInitializerFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<!-- Struts-2 filter mapping -->
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/faces/myFacesExtensionResource/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<!-- Listener (Struts-2) -->
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
<!-- Listener for Tiles-2 -->
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.apache.tiles.web.startup.TilesListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
<!-- Listener for 'MyFaces' jsf components. -->
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
<!-- Struts-1 Servlet -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet
</servlet-class>
<!-- <init-param>
<param-name>chainConfig</param-name>
<param-value>org/apache/struts/tiles/chain-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
-->
<init-param>
<param-name>config</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/config/struts-config.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>debug</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- Tiles-2 Dispatch Servlet -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Tiles Dispatch Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
org.apache.tiles.web.util.TilesDispatchServlet
</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>3</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Tiles Dispatch Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.tiles</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- The Welcome File List (forwards to Struts-2 'Welcome.action') -->
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>html/index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
</session-config>
</web-app>
Ray Clough
Software Development
The Kamakura Corporation
2222 Kalakaua Avenue 14th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96815
Phone: 1.808.791.9888 x 8532 Fax: 1.808.791.9898
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.kamakuraco.com
Chris Pratt wrote:
Are their any examples around that show how to integrate Tiles 2 and
MyFaces? Even the web.xml and some pointers from someone who's done it
before would be a great help.
(*Chris*)
