Struts 2 annotations and Tiles 2

[Gamble, Wesley (WG10)]

Can I use the Struts 2 annotation - style of specifying action results
to set a tile name as the target for a Struts action?

 

Here's my action:

 

@Result(name = "success", value="startApplication")

 

public class ApplicationStartAction {    

      private String pageTitle;

      private String companyName;

     

      public String execute() throws Exception {

            pageTitle = "Start Job Application";

            companyName = "Men's Wearhouse";          

            return "success";

      }

 

...getters and setters here..

}

 

Here's my tiles.xml file:

 

<!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD
Tiles Configuration 2.0//EN"

       "http://tiles.apache.org/dtds/tiles-config_2_0.dtd">

           

<tiles-definitions>

  <definition name="baseLayout" template="/layouts/base.jsp">

      <put-attribute name="head" value="/tiles/head.jsp"/>

      <put-attribute name="body" value="/tiles/body.jsp"/>

  </definition>

 

  <definition name="startApplication" extends="baseLayout">

  </definition>

</tiles-definitions>

 

When I attempt to execute the ApplicationStartAction, I get the error:
The requested resource (/ApplicantTracking/startApplication) is not
available.

which I assume to mean that the action result mapping to the tile
definition is not working.

 

Thanks,

Wes

 

[Gamble, Wesley (WG10)]

I believe that I have verified that you cannot successfully specify a
Tiles definition as a Struts action result if you are using annotations.
It appears to work, however, if you use the XML configuration.

Wes

-----Original Message-----
From: Gamble, Wesley (WG10) [mailto:WG10@...]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 5:37 PM
To: users@...
Subject: Struts 2 annotations and Tiles 2

Can I use the Struts 2 annotation - style of specifying action results
to set a tile name as the target for a Struts action?

 

Here's my action:

 

@Result(name = "success", value="startApplication")

 

public class ApplicationStartAction {    

      private String pageTitle;

      private String companyName;

     

      public String execute() throws Exception {

            pageTitle = "Start Job Application";

            companyName = "Men's Wearhouse";          

            return "success";

      }

 

...getters and setters here..

}

 

Here's my tiles.xml file:

 

<!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD
Tiles Configuration 2.0//EN"

       "http://tiles.apache.org/dtds/tiles-config_2_0.dtd">

           

<tiles-definitions>

  <definition name="baseLayout" template="/layouts/base.jsp">

      <put-attribute name="head" value="/tiles/head.jsp"/>

      <put-attribute name="body" value="/tiles/body.jsp"/>

  </definition>

 

  <definition name="startApplication" extends="baseLayout">

  </definition>

</tiles-definitions>

 

When I attempt to execute the ApplicationStartAction, I get the error:
The requested resource (/ApplicantTracking/startApplication) is not
available.

which I assume to mean that the action result mapping to the tile
definition is not working.

 

Thanks,

Wes

 

[Antonio Petrelli-3]

2008/5/20 Gamble, Wesley (WG10) <WG10@...>:
> Can I use the Struts 2 annotation - style of specifying action results
> to set a tile name as the target for a Struts action?

You may want to ask the Struts Users mailing list:
http://struts.apache.org/mail.html

Antonio

[Gamble, Wesley (WG10)]

Answer:

You have to specify the result type as part of the result annotation,
like so:

@Results({
        @Result(name = "success", value="startApplication",
type=TilesResult.class),
    @Result(name="error", value="/error.jsp", type=TilesResult.class)
})

...class definition...

Wes

-----Original Message-----
From: Gamble, Wesley (WG10) [mailto:WG10@...]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 5:37 PM
To: users@...
Subject: Struts 2 annotations and Tiles 2

Can I use the Struts 2 annotation - style of specifying action results
to set a tile name as the target for a Struts action?

 

Here's my action:

 

@Result(name = "success", value="startApplication")

 

public class ApplicationStartAction {    

      private String pageTitle;

      private String companyName;

     

      public String execute() throws Exception {

            pageTitle = "Start Job Application";

            companyName = "Men's Wearhouse";          

            return "success";

      }

 

...getters and setters here..

}

 

Here's my tiles.xml file:

 

<!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD
Tiles Configuration 2.0//EN"

       "http://tiles.apache.org/dtds/tiles-config_2_0.dtd">

           

<tiles-definitions>

  <definition name="baseLayout" template="/layouts/base.jsp">

      <put-attribute name="head" value="/tiles/head.jsp"/>

      <put-attribute name="body" value="/tiles/body.jsp"/>

  </definition>

 

  <definition name="startApplication" extends="baseLayout">

  </definition>

</tiles-definitions>

 

When I attempt to execute the ApplicationStartAction, I get the error:
The requested resource (/ApplicantTracking/startApplication) is not
available.

which I assume to mean that the action result mapping to the tile
definition is not working.

 

Thanks,

Wes

 

[Antonio Petrelli-3]

2008/5/20 Gamble, Wesley (WG10) <WG10@...>:

> Answer:
>
> You have to specify the result type as part of the result annotation,
> like so:
>
> @Results({
>        @Result(name = "success", value="startApplication",
> type=TilesResult.class),
>    @Result(name="error", value="/error.jsp", type=TilesResult.class)
> })
>
> ...class definition...

Good to know, thanks :-)

Antonio