[opencms-dev]CmsLinkManager, OpenCms / WebLogic portal integration

Sun Aug 21 17:00:51 CEST 2005

Content selectors are... "almost" working.  This is one of the things we
are actively working on, I think it may take us a couple of weeks to get
it right.  Right now, only <cm:getNode>, <cm:getProperty>, and
ShowPropertyServlet are 100% functional.

I think some time early this week I should get an answer on whether it
is ok for me to post my code to the list.

-jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org [mailto:opencms-dev-
> bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Robert Kock
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:43 AM
> To: The OpenCms mailing list
> Subject: RE: [opencms-dev]CmsLinkManager, OpenCms / WebLogic portal
> integration
> 
> Jason,
> 
> Well to be true, you are much further then me and I'm very interested
in
> the
> code you realised by now. It would be very nice if you will manage to
> share it
> with me and the rest of the community.
> 
> Are for example the content selectors in the weblogic-portal actually
> working
> ?
> 
> Greetings Robert
> 
> 
> 
> Jason Trump (jason.trump at brulant.com) wrote:
> >
> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > We (my team and I) have a partial implementation of the WebLogic SPI
for
> > OpenCms written.
> >
> > I hope to be able to publish much of the code I write as open
source,
> > but I am waiting for the necessary approval from my client (since
they
> > own the code that I write) and from my employer.  Of course I have
> > presented the strong case that publishing the code is in the
client's
> > best interest.  Hopefully I will have something to share with you
soon.
> >
> > Until then, I can at least discuss how we got things working, if
that is
> > helpful.  Once I get the approval, perhaps we can post some code to
the
> > list or elsewhere so that both of us don't have to cover all of the
same
> > ground.  Have you made much progress?  Here is what we have
> > accomplished:
> >
> > What is working:  weblogic content management tags like <cm:getNode>
and
> > <cm:getProperty> retrieve data from the OpenCms VFS, and content
> > servlets like ShowPropertyServlet can retrieve data from the VFS.
You
> > can browse the contents of the OpenCms repository in the weblogic
portal
> > admin application, and see property values on both folders and
files.
> >
> > What isn't working:  We haven't integrated the search features yet,
so
> > the <cm:search> tag and content placeholders don't work.  Also
> > hyperlinks created in OpenCms documents (using the <cms:link> tag)
> > aren't correctly translated into links that work in the portal --
this
> > is what I was getting at in my first email to the list.  We are
actively
> > working on both of these features.
> >
> > I have yet to get OpenCms static export to work at all when running
in
> > WebLogic.  I would like to see this feature work, but if not, I
suppose
> > we can just leave it disabled and settle for the numerous caching
> > features already built in to WebLogic portal.
> >
> > We have not implemented (and don't plan to implement) any sort of
> > write-access from weblogic, so we can't use the weblogic portal
admin
> > app to change anything in the OpenCms repository.  Someday I would
like
> > to implement VCR "library services"; for example, moving a content
node
> > to the "published" state in WebLogic would cause the file to be
> > published to the Online project in OpenCms.  However, this is not a
> > requirement for us.
> >
> > -jason
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org [mailto:opencms-dev-
> > > bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Robert Kock
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:07 PM
> > > To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> > > Subject: [opencms-dev] CmsLinkManager, OpenCms / WebLogic portal
> > > integration
> > >
> > > Jason,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to do the same.
> > > Can you give me more details on what you realised by now ?
> > > Maybe we can work together to sove this and than post the results
?
> > >
> > > Greetings Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I am working on integrating OpenCms 6.0 and WebLogic Portal 8.1.4.
> > > Firstly, congratulations on a great product.  6.0 is my first
> > experience
> > > with the system, and the feature set is truly impressive.  I have
also
> > > found the sources very easy to read and the documentation quite
good.
> > >
> > > I found this (very old) message
> > > (http://mail.opencms.org/pipermail/opencms-dev/2003q3/007129.html)
> > > wherein someone was trying to do the same thing, but nothing more
> > after
> > > spending some time in google, BEA dev2dev forums, and in the
> > opencms-dev
> > > mailing list archives.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I've had great success getting basic access to OpenCms
through
> > > WebLogic's Virtual Content Repository.  There are a few things
proving
> > > difficult:
> > >
> > > 1. I would like to change the behavior of CmsLinkManager so that
the
> > > generated links render correctly in the portal.  Unfortunately, I
do
> > not
> > > see a way to reconfigure the default implementation of
CmsLinkManager
> > > (or other core classes accessed via org.opencms.main.OpenCms).  It
> > seems
> > > that patching the CmsLinkManager source is the only way to
proceed;
> > can
> > > anyone suggest a better way?  Are there long-term plans to make
any of
> > > the "OpenCms operating system" services runtime configurable?
> > >
> > > 2. I want to provide some integration between OpenCms and an
external
> > > image repository.  For example, it would be cool to have a gallery
> > > widget for choosing these images in an XML document editor.  Can
> > anyone
> > > recommend another module that does this type of thing, or point me
to
> > a
> > > place in the code to start reading?
> > >
> > > I also noticed that the feature list for 6.0 indicates some kind
of
> > > EJB-based architecture, but I can't find evidence of this in the
> > > sources.  I know that other people have asked this question to the
> > list
> > > before, but I can't find an answer in the archives.
> > >
> > > Any answers or discussion would be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > jason
> > >
> > >
> > > JASON C. TRUMP
> > > Senior Consultant
> > > 216.896.8941 / direct
> > > jason.trump at brulant.com
> > >
> > > BRULANT, Inc.
> > > 3700 park east drive, suite 300
> > > beachwood, ohio 44122
> > > 216.896.8910 / phone
> > > 216.896.8991 / fax
> > > brulant.com
> > >
> > >
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