Re: Getting portlets to interact? - Newbie....

Thank you very much for that detailed reply Stefan

Much appreciated!

Tim

--- Stefan Zoerner <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Tim!
> 
> Unfortunately, the Portlet 1.0 specification does
> not include events or 
> messages between two portlets. Some vendors offer
> proprietary solutions 
> here.
> 
> If the portlets are within the same portlet
> application, you have the 
> option to share information between them via the
> portlet session. The 
> latter has two scopes, one of them (application
> scope) is per user and 
> portlet application.
> 
> It is possible to add/update something in the
> session with this scope 
> during the processAction of the first portlet, and
> read/react with the 
> second portlet within the render phase.
> 
> This proceeding has several disadvantages, but in
> your case, it may 
> work, and it is standard compliant (i.e. your
> portlets will run and 
> interact on all specification conformant portal
> servers).
> 
> I hope this helps,
>      Stefan
> 
> 
> Tim Robertson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am getting my first hello world portlets running
> now
> > (pluto 1.1.0 and spring2.0).
> > 
> > I have portlets running in view and edit mode, but
> am
> > wondering the best way to fire events between
> > portlets?
> > 
> > Suppose I have 2 portlets - one providing a tree
> view
> > of the countries of the world, another that
> provides
> > the capital city of a country.
> > 
> > I could get both working individually, but can
> someone
> > please point me in the best direction for
> signalling
> > to the "captial city portlet" when the tree in the
> > other has changed.  I know that I ned to only
> signal
> > this once or else the DB will be hit each time,
> but
> > not sure how...
> > 
> > I am only at hour 6 of portlet work, so please
> > understand that I know very little and any
> direction
> > would be greatly appreciaed - no matter how
> trivial.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Tim
> > (I know this is a pluto list but Im hoping the
> users
> > may be able to help)
> > 
> > 
> > 		
> >
>
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