com.ibm.wps.portlets.struts.plugins
Class WpsStrutsTilesPlugin

java.lang.Object
  TilesPlugin
      com.ibm.wps.portlets.struts.plugins.WpsStrutsTilesPlugin

public class WpsStrutsTilesPlugin
extends TilesPlugin

The WPS Tiles Plugin is used to initialize Tiles in WebSphere Portal on top of the Struts Portlet Framework. This plugin is to be used with Struts 1.1 in association with WpsStrutsTilesRequestProcessor. It should be declared in all "struts-config.xml" files.

This plugin ensures a common definition factory for all modules. The definition factory configuration is read first from "web.xml" (for backward compatibility), then it is overloaded by values found in plugin property values.

The plugin changes the Struts configuration by specifying the WpsStrutsTilesRequestProcessor as the request processor. If the user has specified another request processor, this plugin should subclass the WpsStrutsTilesRequestProcessor class.

In case of several modules, the definition factory configuration is read by the first Tiles plugin to be initialized. The order is determined by the order of modules declaration in web.xml. The first module is always the default if it exists. The plugin should be declared in each struts-config.xml file in order to properly intialize the request processor.

Since:

4.2

Field Summary

protected static MessageResources

messages The message resources for the Struts Portlet Framework.

Constructor Summary

WpsStrutsTilesPlugin()
WpsStrutsTilesPlugin constructor.

Method Summary

protected void

initRequestProcessorClass(ModuleConfig config) Sets the request processor to the appropriate WPS Struts Tiles RequestProcessor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

messages

protected static MessageResources messages

The message resources for the Struts Portlet Framework.

Constructor Detail

WpsStrutsTilesPlugin

public WpsStrutsTilesPlugin()

WpsStrutsTilesPlugin constructor.

Method Detail

initRequestProcessorClass

protected void initRequestProcessorClass(ModuleConfig config)
                                  throws ServletException

Sets the request processor to the appropriate WPS Struts Tiles RequestProcessor. Checks if a request processor is specified. If it is, check if it extends the appropriate WpsStrutsTilesRequestProcessor class. If not, set the processor class to WpsStrutsTilesRequestProcessor.

Parameters:

config - ModuleConfig for the module with which this plugin is associated

Throws:

ServletException - If an error occur