Re: [Springframework-developer] Portlet support (again)

[William G. T. Jr. <wg...@ru...>]

Nick Lothian wrote:
> Someone (I think it was Rainer?) sent in a patch for
> SimplePortletFormController to fix the problem he discusses below. I don't
> think this has been applied, but it looks like a good change to me.

I don't recall this patch going by...do you still have it?


> (BTW, my name is spelt Lothian - not Lothiam. Could
> http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/spring/display/JSR168/Home be
> corrected?)

fixed. sorry about that.

later.
Bill


> 
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: William G. Thompson, Jr. [mailto:wg...@ru...]
>>Sent: Friday, 10 December 2004 11:31 PM
>>To: spr...@li...
>>Subject: Re: [Springframework-developer] Portlet support (again)
>>Importance: Low
>>
>>
>>Folks,
>>
>>I have updated the PortletMVC[1] project page to reflect the current 
>>status.  At this point we need to indentify what is left to do to get 
>>out of the Sandbox...here is what is on my mind:
>>
>>Are we happy with the ViewServlet solution/work-around?
>>
>>Are we Feature Complete?
>>
>>Is the Code Quality up to snuff for Spring?
>>
>>later.
>>Bill
>>
>>[1]http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/spring/display/J
>>SR168/Home
>>
>>
>>Rainer Schmitz wrote:
>>
>>>Nick Lothian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Portlet support (in the sandbox) has been fairly stable 
>>
>>for the past 
>>
>>>>couple
>>>>of months. I've been finding it works well and I think a 
>>
>>few other people
>>
>>>>have used it successfully, too.
>>>
>>>
>>>Is it stable or is just no-one working at it?
>>>
>>>Anyway, I'm using it and made quite a few changes mainly regarding 
>>>forms. Also I added a PortletControllerMapping to map by request 
>>>parameters.
>>>
>>>One general problem:
>>>In the current CVS version form handling takes place totally in the 
>>>render phase, request parameters being forwarded by the 
>>
>>action phase.
>>
>>>This approach does not work in all cases. E.g. if you want 
>>
>>to redirect 
>>
>>>to another URL the response.sendRedirect(URL) call has to 
>>
>>be made on the 
>>
>>>ActionResponse.
>>>
>>>The code is working for me, but not production ready and 
>>
>>certainly needs 
>>
>>>some clenup.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Rainer
>>>