[opencms-dev] modules and projects

[Georgiana Beju]

I do believe that by packing your module and then installing it on your
system, OpenCms will be able to make the necessay changes.

Is it working at present, or you didn't have the guts to try it first? ;)

Georgiana


----- Original Message -----
From: "tol" <opencms at recordcaster.de>
To: <opencms-dev at opencms.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:35 PM
Subject: [opencms-dev] modules and projects


> Hi @all!
>
> I didn't understand the coaction between projects and modules.
>
> With a new folder and a related project I define a kind of context. I
> can put pages, links, jsp and so on into. These objects I can reach by
> an URL that includes the name of the projectfolder. But, only after
> publishing this project!
>
> A module creates some intelligence, bundles templates, jsps, images,
> javaclasses.
>
> Ok - so far so good! But how I get the module into the project??
>
> A stupid example:
> I create a bannerexchange module. A collection of classes to store and
> manage the names of banner, clicks, views, target URL and so on. To show
> a banner in one of my projectpages (jsp) I would include the neccessary
> classes and at the place where to display the banner I write a jsp line
> like:
> <% out.println (myBannerSystem.printRandom()) %>
>
> But: did the system realy know my Classes coming with the bannermodule?
> How learns the project about the new moduleclasses?
>
> Hope you can help me! best regards!
> Tol
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