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

[Martin Ebenezer]

Hi,
I am trying to use Strut2 plugins for JSF and Tiles together and I am facing difficulties and getting them configured to work right within a single Struts 2 application.

My struts.xml contains package as below:

<package name="tiles" extends="tiles-default, jsf-default" namespace="/tiles">

<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="Home" class="demo.action.HomeAction">
<result name="success" type="tiles">home.get.name</result>
<result name="redirect" type="tiles">say.hello.name</result>
</action>

</package>

and my web.xml has the below content:

<context-param>
<param-name>org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.DEFINITIONS_CONFIG</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/classes/tiles.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.apache.struts2.tiles.StrutsTilesListener</listener-class>
</listener>


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

<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

The tiles.xml has content like below:
<definition name="home.get.name" template="/tiles/layout.jsp">
<display-name>home.get.name</display-name>
<put-attribute name="body" value="/tiles/home.jsp"/>
<put-attribute name="footer" value="/tiles/footer.jsp"/>
</definition>

The JSP file home.jsp has JSF core and html tags but I keep getting the following exception message:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentClassicTagBase.setJspId(UIComponentClassicTagBase.java:1858)
at org.apache.jsp.tiles.home_jsp._jspx_meth_h_005fform_005f0(home_jsp.java:119)
at org.apache.jsp.tiles.home_jsp._jspService(home_jsp.java:89)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:433)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:389)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:333)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

The home.jsp contains the below code:
<%@ taglib prefix="f" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="h" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://tiles.apache.org/tags-tiles" prefix="tiles"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags"%>
<div>
<p>This example illustrates the Struts 2 /Tiles Plugin with JSF.</p>
<h:form id="enterNameFormId">
<h:outputText value="First Name:" />
<h:inputText id="firstName" size="30"
value="#{action.model.person.name.firstName}" required="true">
<f:validateLength minimum="2" maximum="30" />
</h:inputText>
<h:message for="firstName" />
<br />
<h:outputText value="Last Name:" />
<h:inputText id="lastName" size="30"
value="#{action.model.person.name.lastName}" required="true">
<f:validateLength minimum="2" maximum="30" />
</h:inputText>
<h:message for="lastName" />
<br />
<h:commandButton value="Say Hello" type="submit" action="#{action.sayHello}"/>
</h:form>


</div>

I am using the struts 2.0.14 binary distribution.

If any of you have configured both the plugins for JSF and Tiles in one Struts 2 app please provide me some info on the configuration that needs to be done?
Appreciate your help.
Thank you.