[Springframework-developer] Portlets module and Spring MVC

[Nick L. <nl...@es...>]

Hi,

Over the last couple of weeks I've spent some time (on & off) doing stuff
with the Spring Portlets sandbox module. I've read
<http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/spring/display/JSR168/SpringPort
let+module+design+discussion> and a fair amount of the code.

I'm finding the Model-Controller part quite nice, and adequately flexible.
The problem I'm running into is the View part.

I would like to use the Spring taglibs with the portlet framework, and I've
done some work to try and get this happening. My impression from the design
discussion referenced above is that this is the direction it was heading in.

I've got it to the point that I believe is known as the 'infamous "Could not
find Errors instance"'
(http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.springframework.user/3863).
Unfortunately since my controller is a PortletController, the solution isn't
as straight forward as it should be. Right now I'm trying to fake up a error
instance manually, and then figure out a better solution when I understand
it better (Any pointers for some code to do this would be appreciated!).

Is this the best approach? As a general strategy am I better off altering
the portlet framework to do things like making a default ThemeResolver
available etc, or should I be looking at modifying the taglibs to work
without that stuff?

Is it a realistic goal to get these taglibs working in the portlet
environment at all?

Nick