jsr168

What Java portal server do you use?

I've been tasked with learning Vignette and setting it up is a nightmare. There are many different components in the wizard. If something fails, you get a cryptic error message and then have to start again. This is the worst "Wizard" since Kwame Brown. Are there other Portal servers out there that are easy to configure, or at least see...

Simple portlet jsp page flow question

I'm new to Java portlets, and am trying to get a handle on how these things work at a fairly basic level. I'm confused now about how to have multiple "views" in my portlet. Let's say my portlet will be used for CRUD operations. For the sake of simplicity, I'm imagining that when a user first views the portlet they'll see a table wit...

How to implement a JSR Specification

I'm considering implementing one or two JSR APIs. I have not yet read the entire specification (the plan is to read them as I code the implementation) but I am very familiar with them. I have read that the JSR process includes implementing a Test Compatibility Kit (TCK) for testing said JSR implementations. Before I start writing a bunc...

Use GWT+Eclipse to develop and deploy JSR-168 portlets

I have a GWT app that I want to build as a Portlet. I have already done that with Liferay but the portlet generated (.war file) cannot be deployed into Apache Pluto. I would like to know if anybody has some HOWTO info about how to build JSR-168 portlets (with GWT and Eclipse) that can be deployed in any JSR-168 compliant portal. I'm not...

JSR168 Portlet Strange Page Expiring Problem

I'm having a strange problem and no luck debugging. I was tasked with writing a JSR168 compliant portlet to search a database. When you open the portlet, you're given 6 search boxes for different criteria to search several thousand records. Once you press search, it brings up another page (it keeps the first page and uses <jsp: include>...

Liferay portlets on Grails, strengths + weaknesses?

I'm interested in the possibility of developing Liferay portlets on Grails, using the Grails Portlets plugin. I reckon introducing a portlet framework (such as the Spring Portlet API) will make development faster and more comfortable, so being able to further add Groovy and Grails conventions to the mix sounds almost too good to be true....

Liferay Portal : How different from Websphere Portal

Hi Guys, I have worked with Websphere Portal 6.0,6.1 and developed portal applications usign JSR 168,JSR 286 Portlets. Now I am moving to project where I will be working with Liferay portal server and JSR 168,JSR 286. I know that as per programming interface (JSRs) It will be the same. But want to know what are the major difference at...

How to make a JSR-168 portlet with a chart?

I'm trying to make a JSR-168 portlet with a chart. Studying about it i can run some portlets in NetBeans with portlet-container but i have to make some charts to run too. Can some one help with a LINK or an Example? I found that to help me: -> dojocampus.org -> dojotoolkit.org -> extjs.com I make a chart, but when i put on portlet-con...

Are there any cpython libraries that work with jsr168 and/or jsr286?

On a Java portal you can have portlets that include data provided by other applications. We want to replace our existing Java portal with a Django application, which means duplicating the Java portal's ability to display portlets. The two Sun specifications in question that we want to duplicate are JSR168 and JSR286. I need a cPython so...

spring ioc and JSR168 Portlets

Is it possible to do dependency injection using spring into a jsr168 Portlet? ...

JSR168 portlet request cuts param value after # symbol

One of parameters for action link looks like: itemUrl=feedLink.html#xtor=RSS-3208 when I execute next code in backend in processAction(): String itemUrl = (String) request.getParameter("itemUrl"); ,that I get next value: feedLink.html e.g. request cuts itemUrl value after # symbol escapeXml="true" in .jsp file doesn't help. ...

CSS best practice for portlets

Hello. I need to redone existing project CSSs' - more than 5 files, which describes all our porlets UI to standard CSS file,called portlet-spec-1.0.css So, I've found one specification for this: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/UPC/JSR-168+PLT.C+CSS+Style+Definitions This spec. is obsolete,dated by 2003. Is there contemporary versi...

Quick and easy client for testing WSRP?

I am writing a JSR-168 Portlet to be exposed as a service via WSRP on the WebSphere Portal Server... is there a good tool I could use to test the WSRP service on my desktop? I'm looking for something that would be considerably less hassle than installing Sharepoint and getting its WSRP module to work. ...

Using php web site as a portlet in JSR 168/268 portlet container [in Oracle BEA Weblogic server]

Hi Friends, I have an existing PHP website which use considerable amount of jquery and ajax. Now our client need to integrate it as an portlet in a Oracle BEA Weblogic server and their prefered specification is JSR168. I'm completely new to java portlets and so I have few questions regarding portlet. 1. Can we integrate PHP website ( whi...

Creating render urls to link between pages in a community in Liferay

I've set up a Liferay community, along with a number of pages each defining there own set of portlets, themes and layouts. I want to be able to create links between these pages. For example given that I am at the top level page (lets call this 'home'), I want to link to another page (for example 'blog') from within one of my portlets. I...

why jsf is better than struts ?

someone said to me that jsf is better to share information within context, but struts 1.1 can't. In JSR168, if we need to develop a portlet, share information in context is critical. so jsf is better option. so what is share information within context ? Does that mean that different application deployed in the same container can share d...

Writing Portlets for LifeRay CMS/Portal

Hi, I am new to portlets and have a question about how they work in CMS portals ( we are evaluating LifeRay as a CMS ). Let's say, for example, I would like to create a portlet to display all the books required for a particular course. You don't have to be logged in to see this, it will appear on public website. In the CMS, I will cre...

Can LifeRay portlets get parameters?

I am having trouble understanding the concept of portlets in a CMS. Let's say I write a weather portlet to display current temperature. I build it, package it in a war, deploy the war in LifeRay. Now I created a page, and I want to create 2 instances of the portlet I wrote. I want to display the weather in Seattle and the weather in ...

Portlets: How to obtain portlet unique javascript-names

The JSP-Portlet taglib provides a unique namespace for each portlet instance, that can be used as a prefix to get portlet unique names. Is it possible to create such portlet unique names in external javascript-files? ...

passing URL parameter using command Button in jsf portal using Jsr 168

Hi, I am not able to recieve parameter from the URl when I am calling another portlet using Command Button in Jsf in JSR 168. Actually I am calling the method of my manageBean from the Command Button where I am generatin the URL, and calling another Portlet. But I am not able to receive the parameter in my another manageBean of the C...