[SOLVED] Tiles integration with Spring

[foxmask]

Hello,

i've read "spring in action" and "struts in action" but i not able to integrate Tiles correclty.

Sorry to ask this stupid question but, could someone provide me an example (from a real case ; or url etc... ) ?

with web.xl ; applicationContext ; [app]-servlet.xml ( with the viewResolver bean we have to use and if i can always use a views.properties files like i did with jslt ? ) and the java bean + jsp ?


thanks in advance

regards.

[Alef Arendsen]

The Spring distro features a Tiles example that shows most of the tiles integration features. Changing the InternalResourceViewResolver to a ResourceBundleViewResolver and including a views.properties file mentioning TilesJstlViews instead of normal JstlViews should do the trick.

Hope this helps,

rgds,
Alef Arendsen

[foxmask]

The Spring distro features a Tiles example that shows most of the tiles integration features. Changing the InternalResourceViewResolver to a ResourceBundleViewResolver and including a views.properties file mentioning TilesJstlViews instead of normal JstlViews should do the trick.

Hope this helps,

rgds,
Alef Arendsen

I've seen this example, i tried it twice ; i will try once again

[Alef Arendsen]

If you have any specific issues with the app or changing the view resolver to a resource bundle view resolver, please let me know.

rgds,
Alef Arendsen

[foxmask]

before trying to integrate Tiles my controller looked like tihs

package infra.web;



import javax.servlet.ServletException;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

 

import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException;



import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.MultiActionController;

import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;



import infra.Infra;





import java.io.IOException;



import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;

import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;



public class InfraController extends MultiActionController implements InitializingBean {

	private Infra infra;



	public void setInfra(Infra infra) {

		this.infra = infra;

	}



	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {

		if (infra == null)

			throw new ApplicationContextException("Must set infra bean property on " + getClass());

	}



    /** Logger for this class and subclasses */

    protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());



    /**

	 * Custom handler for index

	 * @param request current HTTP request

	 * @param response current HTTP response

	 * @return a ModelAndView to render the response

	 */

    public ModelAndView indexHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)

            throws ServletException, IOException {



        String now = (new java.util.Date()).toString();

        logger.info("returning index view with " + now);



        return new ModelAndView("indexView", "now", now);

    }

    

    /**

	 * Custom handler for appli

	 * @param request current HTTP request

	 * @param response current HTTP response

	 * @return a ModelAndView to render the response

	 */

    public ModelAndView appliHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)

    	throws ServletException, IOException {



    	String now = (new java.util.Date()).toString();

    	logger.info("returning appli view with " + now);



    	return new ModelAndView("appliView", "applis", infra.getApplis());

    }

    

    /**

	 * Custom handler for appserver

	 * @param request current HTTP request

	 * @param response current HTTP response

	 * @return a ModelAndView to render the response

	 */

    public ModelAndView appserverHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)

    	throws ServletException, IOException {



    	String now = (new java.util.Date()).toString();

    	logger.info("returning appserver view with " + now);



    	return new ModelAndView("appserverView", "appservers", infra.getAppServers());

    }

    

    /**

	 * Custom handler for oracle

	 * @param request current HTTP request

	 * @param response current HTTP response

	 * @return a ModelAndView to render the response

	 */

    public ModelAndView oracleHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)

    	throws ServletException, IOException {



    	String now = (new java.util.Date()).toString();

    	logger.info("returning oracle view with " + now);



    	return new ModelAndView("oracleView", "oracles", infra.getOracles());

    }

    

    /**

	 * Custom handler for env

	 * @param request current HTTP request

	 * @param response current HTTP response

	 * @return a ModelAndView to render the response

	 */

    public ModelAndView envHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)

    	throws ServletException, IOException {



    	String now = (new java.util.Date()).toString();

    	logger.info("returning env view with " + now);



    	return new ModelAndView("envView", "envs", infra.getEnvs());

    }

    

    /**

	 * Custom handler for appserver

	 * @param request current HTTP request

	 * @param response current HTTP response

	 * @return a ModelAndView to render the response

	 */

    public ModelAndView serverHandler(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)

    	throws ServletException, IOException {



    	String now = (new java.util.Date()).toString();

    	logger.info("returning server view with " + now);



    	return new ModelAndView("serverView", "servers", infra.getServers());

    }

Now when i try to use Tiles ; the controller has to implement or extends Controller class.

how ?

when i change my infraController class to

public class InfraController extends ComponentControllerSupport implements Controller {

i have to declare a mandatory method like eclipse warns me :

The type InfraController must implement the inherited abstract
method Controller.handleRequest(HttpServletRequest,
HttpServletResponse)

regards.


ps : in fact my application is a mix of the two sample provide by springframework : petclinic and tiles-example.
but i dont know how to clearly integrate them together.

[foxmask]

now i'm here :
my app-servlet.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http&#58;//www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">

<!--
  - Application context definition for "InfraEnvironment" DispatcherServlet.
  -->

<beans>

	<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
		<property name="basename" value="messages"/>                                                                           
	</bean>	

	<!-- ========================= MAPPING DEFINITIONS ========================= -->

	<!--
	  - This bean provides explicit View mappings in a resource bundle instead of the
	  - default InternalResourceViewResolver. It fetches the view mappings from
	  - localized "views_xx" classpath files, i.e. "/WEB-INF/classes/views.properties"
	  - or "/WEB-INF/classes/views_de.properties".
	  -
	  - Symbolic view names returned by Controllers will be resolved by this bean
	  - using the respective properties file, which defines arbitrary mappings between
	  - view names and resources.
	  -->
	<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
		<property name="requestContextAttribute" value="rc"/>
		<property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles.TilesJstlView"/>
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="tilesConfigurer" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles.TilesConfigurer">
		<property name="factoryClass" value="org.apache.struts.tiles.xmlDefinition.I18nFactorySet"/>	
		<property name="definitions">
			<list>
				<value>/WEB-INF/defs/definitions.xml</value>
			</list>
		</property>
	</bean>	
	<!--
	  - This bean resolves specific types of exception to corresponding error views.
		- The default behaviour of DispatcherServlet is to propagate all exceptions to the
		- servlet container&#58; This will happen here with all other types of exception.
		-->
	<bean id="exceptionResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleMappingExceptionResolver">
		<property name="exceptionMappings">
			<props>
				<prop key="org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException">dataAccessFailure</prop>
				<prop key="org.springframework.transaction.TransactionException">dataAccessFailure</prop>
			</props>
		</property>
	</bean> 
 	<!--
	 - This bean is an explicit URL mapper that is used by the "infra" DispatcherServlet
	 - It is used instead of the default BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping.
	 -->
	<bean id="urlMapping" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
		<property name="mappings">
			<props>
				<prop key="/*.html">viewController</prop>
			</props>
		</property>
	</bean>


	<!-- ========================= CONTROLLER DEFINITIONS ========================= -->
	
	<bean id="viewController" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.UrlFilenameViewController"/>
	
	<!--
	  - This bean is a MultiActionController that manages general View rendering.
	  - It uses the "infraControllerResolver" bean below for method name resolution.
	  -->
<!-- 
	<bean id="infraController" class="com.fimasys.infra.web.InfraController">
		<property name="methodNameResolver" ref="infraControllerResolver"/>
		<property name="infra" ref="infra"/>
	</bean>
 -->	
 	<bean id="indexController" class="com.fimasys.infra.web.IndexController">
 			<property name="infra" ref="infra"/>
 	</bean>
 	<bean id="appliController" class="com.fimasys.infra.web.AppliController">
 			<property name="infra" ref="infra"/>
 	</bean>
 	<bean id="appserverController" class="com.fimasys.infra.web.AppServerController">
 			<property name="infra" ref="infra"/>
 	</bean>
 	<bean id="serverController" class="com.fimasys.infra.web.ServerController">
 			<property name="infra" ref="infra"/>
 	</bean> 	
 	<bean id="oracleController" class="com.fimasys.infra.web.OracleController">
 			<property name="infra" ref="infra"/>
 	</bean> 	
 	<bean id="envController" class="com.fimasys.infra.web.EnvController">
 			<property name="infra" ref="infra"/>
 	</bean> 	
 		
</beans>

my defs/defintions.xml tiles file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

 <!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC
       "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration 1.1//EN"
       "http&#58;//jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/tiles-config_1_1.dtd">

<tiles-definitions>

	<!-- DEFAULT MAIN TEMPLATE -->
	<definition name="maintpl" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/main.jsp">
		<put name="menu_left"   value="/menu_left.jsp"/>
		<put name="menu_right"  value="/menu_right.jsp"/>
	</definition>

	<definition name="indexView" extends="maintpl">
		<put name="content" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/index.jsp" controller="com.fimasys.infra.web.IndexController"/>
		<put name="index" value="Index"/>
	</definition>

	<definition name="appliView" extends="maintpl">
		<put name="content" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/appli.jsp"/>
		<put name="index" value="Appli"/>
	</definition>

	<definition name="appserverView" extends="maintpl">
		<put name="content" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/appserver.jsp"/>
		<put name="index" value="Serveurs d'Appli"/>		
	</definition>

	<definition name="envView" extends="maintpl">
		<put name="content" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/env.jsp"/>
		<put name="index" value="Environnements"/>		
	</definition>

	<definition name="oracleView" extends="maintpl">
		<put name="content" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/oracle.jsp"/>
		<put name="index" value="Oracle"/>		
	</definition>

	<definition name="serverView" extends="maintpl">
		<put name="content" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/server.jsp"/>
		<put name="index" value="Serveur"/>		
	</definition>
</tiles-definitions>

my IndexController

package com.fimasys.infra.web;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

import com.fimasys.infra.Infra;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

public class IndexController implements Controller {

	private Infra infra;
	
	public void setInfra(Infra infra) {
		this.infra = infra;
	}

	
    /** Logger for this class and subclasses */
    protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

    /**
	 * Custom handler for handleRequest
	 * @param request current HTTP request
	 * @param response current HTTP response
	 * @return a ModelAndView to render the response
	 */
    public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws Exception {	

        String now = (new java.util.Date()).toString();
        logger.info("returning index view with " + now);

        return new ModelAndView("indexView", "mydatenow", now);
    }
}

my main.jsp page

<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/includes/head.jsp" %>

<tiles&#58;insert attribute="menu_left"/>
<tiles&#58;insert attribute="menu_right"/>
<tiles&#58;insert attribute="content"/>
				
<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/includes/foot.jsp" %>

head.jsp

<%@ page session="false"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt"     uri="http&#58;//java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" 		uri="http&#58;//java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="tiles"   uri="http&#58;//jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-tiles" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="spring"  uri="http&#58;//www.springframework.org/tags" %>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http&#58;//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http&#58;//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml&#58;lang="fr-FR">
<head>
	<title><fmt&#58;message key="title"/></title>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
	<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="fr-FR" />
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/infra.css" media="screen" title="Graphic" />
</head>

<body>

so when i did http://localhost:8080/infratiles/indexView.html
i hoped to see my complete page but i just had the header and footer.

the problem seems to come from the definitions.xml file.

indexView seems to not call the controller com.fimasys.infra.web.IndexController ; and the log i make in the controller is not executing.

can someone tell me what's wrong ?

regards.

[foxmask]

currently i'm unable to say if the problem come from my tiles definitions files which will be not correctly formed, :?: or if this come from tiles itself which is unable to display all the part of my page ; but just the header and footer but not the menu nor the main body :cry:

if someone could help me to see the light once for ever.:roll:

regards.

[foxmask]

Once again i solve my problem alone

so the problem was that main.jsp was unable to include any content / menu with <tiles:insert ...

why ?

because i just put

<%@ page session="false"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt"     uri="http&#58;//java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" 		uri="http&#58;//java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="tiles"   uri="http&#58;//jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-tiles" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="spring"  uri="http&#58;//www.springframework.org/tags" %>

in the head.jsp and not in each jsp page i need to insert throw the <tiles:insert

Thanks to Valentin for being Patient with me

[riteshjalan123]

Hi,

I am a new programmer in Spring MVC and tiles. In my project earlier spring 2.5 and Struts-tiles were used. Now I am assigned a task of upgrading this code to Spring 3 and Tiles 2.2.0. I am extending SimpleFormController in my controllers and overriding protected Object formBackingObject (HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception.

In this method I was using ComponentDefinition cd = TilesUtil.getDefinition("editWorker", request,request.getSession().getServletContext());

to create definitions.

Now I am not able to figure out how to use this method in Spring 3 and how to create definitions.

Can anybody please tell me any book where from I can have knowledge regarding Spring 3 and tiles 2.2.x.

Thanks in advance.