J F W

HOW TO : WEBAPP

tiles-defs.xml (tiles 1)

The configuration of the tiles is not complex, but can be tricky if not considered with a jsp that uses tiles. Let's see an example:

<tiles-definitions> <definition name="project_common_menu_def" path="/jsp/project/layout/common_menu.jsp" /> <definition name="project_std_layout" path="/jsp/project/layout/std_layout_tiles.jsp"> <put name="title" value="JFW Example"/> <put name="project_common_bottom" value="project_common_bottom_def" type="definition"/> </definition> </tiles-definitions>

In the previous example, we have defined a menu used in various jsps ("project_common_menu_def") and a layout ("project_std_layout"). In the layout, is defined, how the pages will be displayed. Also, we have declared two parameters for the layout: "title" is a constant string that can be used for setting the title of the html; "project_common_bottom" is a jsp, defined previously, to be included in all the pages.

We can use the layout in that way ("home_tile.jsp"):

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%> <%@taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> <tiles:insert definition="project_std_layout" flush="true"> <tiles:put name="content" value="/jsp/project/home.jsp"/> </tiles:insert>

In the code above, the layout (html) defined in "project_std_layout" is used, and its "content" is the jsp "home.jsp".