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Subject: RE: Tiles Question:Diff between jsp and XML tiles definations...
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:05:02 +0200
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Thread-Topic: Tiles Question:Diff between jsp and XML tiles definations...
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From: <shirishchandra.sakhare@ubs.com>
To: <struts-user@jakarta.apache.org>

Hi,
But I dont see the class TilesActionComponentServlet Because I am =
working with Struts 1.0 and I am using tilesForStruts1-0.jar  ...


regards,
Shirish.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cedric Dumoulin [mailto:cedric@apache.org]
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:55 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Tiles Question:Diff between jsp and XML tiles
definations...


shirishchandra.sakhare@ubs.com wrote:

>Hi Cedric,
>Thanks for the reply once again..:-))
>
>But I still have one question.
>So does it mean that using the jsp approach is a bit inefficient?
>
  Yes, unless you provide a mechanism to avoid the reload of definition

>But is the the only disadvantage?
>
  No, Definition are located in jsp pages instead of a central file, and =

you can't easily use inheritance.

>
>My main concern is can I use all the features of tiles (Mainly =
defination Inheritance etc.)with the jsp approach?
>
  Inheritance is not fully implemented whith def in jsp.

>
>I am trying to avoid the use of action component servlet as We already =
have extended ActionServlet in our project.And I am not sure if we =
Instead inherit ActionComponentServlet will it affect any thing else..
>
  Try to inherit from the TilesActionComponentServlet. It overload few=20
methods, so it should not interfere with your class.

   Cedric

>
>regards,
>Shirish
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cedric Dumoulin [mailto:cedric@apache.org]
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:19 PM
>To: Struts Users Mailing List
>Subject: Re: Tiles Question:Diff between jsp and XML tiles
>definations...
>
>
>
>  There is some differences:
>
>    * Xml definitions are store in a factory; they can be inserted with
>      <insert name=3D"aDefinition"; they are declared in a centralized
>      file, they can be declared using inheritance; they can be used in
>      a struts <forward ...> tag; they need the initialization of the
>      factory (done by the plugin)
>    * jsp definition are stored in one of the jsp context. They are
>      inserted with <insert beanName=3D"aBeanId">; they don't need the
>      factory; they can't be used as struts <forward ...>; they are
>      created each time the <tiles:definition ..> tag is encountered.
>
>  Hope this help,
>
>   Cedric
>
>shirishchandra.sakhare@ubs.com wrote:
>
> =20
>
>>Hi All,
>>I am new to tiles and experimenting with it a bit to see if our struts =
1.0 template based application can be ported to Tiles easily...
>>
>>I have got some sample pages from our application working using tiles =
definations But the definations are defined in a jsp file.
>>
>>So my question is whats the difference between Using an xml file for =
defination and using a jsp file?If I am using jsp definations, Do i stil =
need to initialise the Defination factory?
>>
>>If I go the jsp way, Will I be still able to use all features of tiles =
?because I think to use tiles I need to use =
ActionComponentServlet(Struts 1.0) instead of ActionServlet...And the =
ActionComponentServlet modifies the forward behaviour for use with =
tiles...So does it mean that whether I use xml definations or not,I need =
to use ActionCOmponentServlet...Is it true?
>>
>>Any help is appreciated...
>>
>>regards,
>>Shirish
>>
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>>   =20
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