Author: chris.laprun(a)jboss.com Date: 2011-11-30 13:02:55 -0500 (Wed, 30 Nov 2011) New Revision: 8166 Modified: portal/trunk/docs/reference-guide/en-US/modules/WSRP.xml Log: - GTNWSRP-267: Added section on using pages.xml and <wsrp> to add a remote portlet to a page. Modified: portal/trunk/docs/reference-guide/en-US/modules/WSRP.xml =================================================================== --- portal/trunk/docs/reference-guide/en-US/modules/WSRP.xml 2011-11-30 17:11:28 UTC (rev 8165) +++ portal/trunk/docs/reference-guide/en-US/modules/WSRP.xml 2011-11-30 18:02:55 UTC (rev 8166) @@ -778,8 +778,7 @@ </example> - <para>Here is an example of a WSRP descriptor with registration data and cache expiring every minute: - </para> + <para>Here is an example of a WSRP descriptor with registration data and cache expiring every minute:</para> <example> <para> @@ -841,6 +840,109 @@ </mediaobject> </para> </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Adding remote portlets to pages</title> + <para> + Since remote portlets can be manipulated just like regular portlets, you can add them to pages just like you + would do for a regular portlet. Please refer to the appropriate section of the documentation for how to do + so. + </para> + <para> + Of note, though, is that, starting with version 3.2 of GateIn (5.2 of EPP), it is now possible to also add a + remote portlet to a + <filename>pages.xml</filename> + configuration file. + This is accomplished using the + <literal>&lt;wsrp&gt;</literal> + element instead of the + <literal>&lt;portlet&gt;</literal> + element in your + <filename>pages.xml</filename> + document. While + <literal>&lt;portlet&gt;</literal> + references a local portlet using the name of the application in which the portlet is contained and the + portlet name itself to identify which portlet to use, + <literal>&lt;wsrp&gt;</literal> + references a remote portlet using a combination of the consumer identifier for the producer publishing the + portlet and the portlet handle identifying the portlet within the context of the producer. + </para> + <para> + The format for such a reference to a remote portlet is a follows: first, the identifier of the + consumer that accesses the remote producer publishing the remote portlet, then a separator (currently a + period (<literal>.</literal>)) and finally the portlet handle for that + portlet, which is a string provided by the producer to identify the portlet. + </para> + <para> + Since there currently is no easy way to determine the correct portlet handle, we recommend that you use the + graphical user interface to add remote portlets to pages instead of using + <filename>pages.xml</filename>. + </para> + <note> + <para> + For remote portlets published by &PRODUCT_NAME;'s WSRP producer, the portlet handles are, at + the time of this writing, following the + <literal>/&lt;portlet application name&gt;.&lt;portlet name&gt;</literal> + format. + </para> + </note> + <sect3> + <title>Example</title> + <para> + In the following example, we define 2 portlets for a page named + <literal>Test</literal> + in our + <filename>pages.xml</filename> + configuration. They are actually references to the same portlet, albeit one accessed locally and the + other + one accessing it via the + <literal>selfv2</literal> + consumer which consumes &PRODUCT_NAME;'s WSRP producer. You can see that the first one is local (the + <code>&lt;portlet-application&gt;</code> + with the + '<literal>Added locally</literal>' + title) and follows the usual declaration. The second portlet (the one with the + '<literal>Added from selfv2 consumer</literal>' + title) comes from the + <literal>selfv2</literal> + consumer and uses the + <code>&lt;wsrp&gt;</code> + element instead of + <code>&lt;portlet&gt;</code> + element and follows the format for portlets coming from the &PRODUCT_NAME;'s WSRP producer. + </para> + <example> + <para> + <programlisting><![CDATA[ +<page> + <name>Test</name> + + ... + + <portlet-application> + <portlet> + <application-ref>richFacesPortlet</application-ref> + <portlet-ref>richFacesPortlet</portlet-ref> + </portlet> + <title>Added locally</title> + + ... + + </portlet-application> + + <portlet-application> + <wsrp>selfv2./richFacesPortlet.richFacesPortlet</wsrp> + <title>Added from selfv2 consumer</title> + + ... + + </portlet-application> +</page>]]></programlisting> + </para> + </example> + </sect3> + + </sect2> </sect1> <sect1>