[opencms-dev] flex: JSP and templates?

[Alexander Kandzior]

Stefan,

> So there is no way to use a "normal" XML template for the JSP 
> content pages? 

No. The prefered way of building templates with JSP is like I have
already outlined.

> The reason I'm asking is this: we got a 
> frametemplate for our whole website and so we'd like to be 
> able to use this same frametemplate for our JSP content pages, too...

You can use <cms:include page="..."> with XML as an included page also. 
You could try to manually edit the XML control file of a page and 
add a JSP element as BODY element with the JSP launcher class as
provided below,
but I personally so far din't bother to try this out. 

> Could the 2 approaches you've mentioned ("include page" / 
> JSP-Templates defined in XML) be combined with frames / frame 
> templates?

Probably. I din't try so far. Let me know if you succeed :)

Regarts,
Alex.

Alexander Kandzior
OpenCms Group / Alkacon Software



> > What we would need currently is to use a "standard" 
> template for our 
> > JSP content pages - is that possible in version 5 beta, 
> too? Like if 
> > you make a new JSP page in some content folder, assign a 
> template to 
> > it  (just like to a standard HTML file)...?
> 
> Try it like this:
> 
> ------------------------
> <%@ taglib prefix="cms" uri="http://www.opencms.org/taglib/cms"  %>
> 
> <cms:include page="demodefault_head.jsp" />
> 
> Some HTML stuff.
> 
> <cms:include page="demodefault_foot.jsp" />
> ------------------------
> 
> Note: You can not use the WYSIWYG Editor on this pages.
> Use the XML approach show below for that.
> Oviously, the head / foot JSP files can be shared between XML and JSP.
> 
> In case want you "assign" the target of the include with
> a property, this is unsupported in the 5.0 beta 1.
> Maybe it will make the final.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> Alexander Kandzior
> OpenCms Group / Alkacon Software
> 
> 
> > Hi Stefan,
> >
> > > another problem we are currently encountering is this:
> > > it doesn't seem to be possible to use templates for JSP 
> pages... is 
> > > that correct?
> >
> > This is true in the Flex alpha 1 release, but not longer in the 5.0 
> > beta 1 release. We are currently preparing a (rather
> > extensive) demo which will show how you build a Template with JSP.
> >
> > Here's a code snippet for a template from the upcoming demo. You 
> > probably get the idea. Place this in the "/content/templates" 
> > directory.
> >
> > -------------------
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > <xmltemplate>
> >     <!-- This describes the template -->
> >     <template>
> >         <element name="head"/>
> >         <element name="body"/>
> >         <element name="foot"/>
> >     </template>
> >
> >     <!-- Include A JSP as "head" element: -->
> >     <elementdef name="head">
> >         <!-- This class is the same for all JSP -->
> >         <class>com.opencms.flex.CmsJspTemplate</class>
> >         <!-- Here goes the JSP file to include -->
> >         <template>demodefault_head.jsp</template>
> >     </elementdef>
> >
> >     <!-- Include A JSP as "foot" element: -->
> >     <elementdef name="foot">
> >         <!-- This class is the same for all JSP -->
> >         <class>com.opencms.flex.CmsJspTemplate</class>
> >         <!-- Here goes the JSP file to include -->
> >         <template>demodefault_foot.jsp</template>
> >     </elementdef>
> > </xmltemplate>
> > ---------------------
> >
> > Important: In case you use JSP - Templates, you currently 
> must set the 
> > "export" property to "false" for the pages since JSP can 
> currently not 
> > be exported. It's ok to set this proprty on a folder to prevent all 
> > files in this folder from being exported.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> > Alexander Kandzior
> > OpenCms Group / Alkacon Software
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>