How to configure tiles with JSF+Struts2 Integration ?

[Marimuthu Udayakumar]

Hello All,
Good day.
I have integrated Struts2 with JSF.But I am not able to configure Tiles with this environment.Because I used
" <package name="jsf" extends="jsf-default"
namespace="/jsf/sample-jsf"> " in struts.xml ...

And I may use Tiles with this scenerio then I have to
"extends = "tiles-default" " in struts.xml...

So I couldn't figure out this issue And I dont know what are the entries would place in struts.xml...If anyone knows give me your suggestion..Thanks in Advance

Cheers,
-Marimuthu Udayakumar
http://teknoturfian.blogspot.com

[David Newton]

If I remember correctly you *can* extend multiple packages. In this case it's not likely to work, but it's easy enough to try.

When/if it doesn't, you'd need to create a package that merged the two package's peculiarities together (interceptor stacks, whatever else custom they include).

[Marimuthu Udayakumar]

Dear David Newton ,
Thanks for your suggestion , I found the solution that use of extend the multiple packages.
and I have put the entry in web.xml,struts.xml,tiles.xml files like below.Its working fine.I got the flow.

web.xml
*******

<listener>
		<description>Tiles Listener</description>
		<listener-class>
			org.apache.tiles.web.startup.TilesListener
		</listener-class>
	</listener>

       <filter>
		<filter-name>filter</filter-name>
		<filter-class>
			org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher
		</filter-class>
	</filter>



	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>filter</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</filter-mapping>
 
     <servlet>
		<servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>


      <servlet>
		<servlet-name>JspSupportServlet</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.apache.struts2.views.JspSupportServlet</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
		</servlet>

     <servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>*.action</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

	

	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>

struts.xml
********

<struts>
	
		
   <include file="struts-jsf.xml" />
		
     <package name="default" extends="struts-default">
	<action name="start">
            <result >index.jsp</result>
          </action> 
		 
   </package>
</struts>

struts-jsf.xml
***********

<struts>
 	
<!--  extend the multiple package "jsf-default" for JSF and "tiles-default"  for TILES...   -->
	<package name="jsf" extends="jsf-default,tiles-default"
		namespace="/jsf/sample-jsf">                   /
      <result-types>
			<result-type name="jsf"
				class="org.apache.struts2.jsf.FacesResult" />
		</result-types>
		
      <interceptors>
			<interceptor-stack name="jsfFullStack">
				<interceptor-ref name="params" />
				<interceptor-ref name="basicStack" />
				<interceptor-ref name="jsfStack" />
			</interceptor-stack>
		</interceptors>

		<default-interceptor-ref name="jsfFullStack" />
      
		<action name="jsf-view" class="sample.ExampleJSFAction"
			method="preview">
			<result name="success" type="tiles">indexpage</result> 
			
			
		<!-- <param name="location">indexpage</param>  </result> --> 
			
		<!-- 	<result name="input">/index.jsp</result>--> 
			
				</action>
			
		
	</package>
	
	

</struts>

tiles.xml
*******

<tiles-definitions>
	<definition name="indexpage" template="/faces/JSP/layout/layout.jsp">
		<put-attribute name="title" value="Teknoturf "></put-attribute>
		<put-attribute name="header" value="/JSP/Header/header.jsp"></put-attribute>
	 	<put-attribute name="body"  value="/JSP/Body/body.jsp"></put-attribute> 
		<put-attribute name="footer" value="/JSP/Footer/footer.jsp"></put-attribute>
	</definition>
	
</tiles-definitions>

Note:
I have implemented jsf tag in all jsp files (layout.jsp.header.jsp,footer.jsp.body.jsp).But i have used <f:view></f:view> in layout jsp only and I used <f:subview id="header"> ..... </f:subview > tag for every content container like header,footer,body.

Thanks,
-Marimuthu Udayakumar
http://teknoturfian.blogspot.com