apache + tiles2 layout problem

[Sameera Gayan]

Hi All,

First of all, pardon me if I'm asking a wrong question here.. new to the
mailing list

I have the following tiles configuration file



<tiles-definitions>
    <definition name="base" template="/includes/layout.jsp">
        <put-attribute name="header" value="/includes/header.jsp" />
        <put-attribute name="menu" value="/includes/menu.jsp" />
        <put-attribute name="footer" value="/includes/footer.jsp" />
    </definition>
    <definition name="home" extends="base">
        <put-attribute name="contentBody" value="/home/view.jsp" />
    </definition>
</tiles-definitions>
and to display "view.jsp" page I have another page called "home.jsp" and it
has the following code (only)

//home.jsp

<%@ taglib uri="http://tiles.apache.org/tags-tiles"; prefix="tiles" %>
<tiles:insertDefinition name="home" />
and the problem here is, If i want to load "edit.jsp" page with same layout,
I need to repeat this part in tiles.xml

<definition name="editbase" extends="base">
            <put-attribute name="contentBody" value="/home/edit.jsp" />
</definition>
and create a file called "editbase.jsp" and call it. (repeating the above
code)

I'm just wondering is this the correct way or can I do something like

<tiles-definitions>
        <definition name="base" template="/includes/layout.jsp">
            <put-attribute name="header" value="/includes/header.jsp" />
            <put-attribute name="menu" value="/includes/menu.jsp" />
            <put-attribute name="footer" value="/includes/footer.jsp" />
        </definition>
        <definition name="home" extends="base">
            <put-attribute name="contentBody" value="/home/view.jsp" />
            <put-attribute name="contentBody" value="/home/edit.jsp" />
        </definition>
</tiles-definitions>
and load the page accordingly.. I think my question is clear

I'm using apache tiles 2.2.2

thanks in advance

cheers

sameera