Liferay Struts Portlet 2

1.Define the Action

struts-config.xml, add

< action  path ="/ext/library/add_book"  type ="com.ext.portlet.library.action.AddBookAction" >
     < forward  name ="portlet.ext.library.error"  path ="portlet.ext.library.error"   />
     < forward  name ="portlet.ext.library.success"  path ="portlet.ext.library.success"   />
</ action >

tiles-defs.xml, add

< definition  name ="portlet.ext.library.error"  extends ="portlet.ext.library" >
     < put  name ="portlet_content"  value ="/portlet/ext/library/error.jsp"   />
</ definition >

< definition  name ="portlet.ext.library.success"  extends ="portlet.ext.library" >
     < put  name ="portlet_content"  value ="/portlet/ext/library/success.jsp"   />
</ definition >

2.Update existing JSP files

init.jsp, remove the following:

<p>Add commonly used variables and declarations here!</p>

view.jsp

<% ... @ include file="/html/portlet/ext/library/init.jsp"  %>

< br />
Add a book entry to the Library:
< br />< br />
< form  action ="<portlet:actionURL windowState=" <% = WindowState.MAXIMIZED.toString()  % > "> < portlet:param  name ="struts_action"  value ="/ext/library/add_book"   /></ portlet:actionURL > " method="post" name=" < portlet:namespace  /> fm">    
    
    Book Title:
    
     < input  name ="<portlet:namespace />book_title"  size ="20"  type ="text"  value ="" >< br />< br />
    
     < input  type ="button"  value ="Submit"  onClick ="submitForm(document.<portlet:namespace />fm);" >
</ form >
< br />

3.Create success and error JSP files

error.jsp, Contents:

ERROR!

success.jsp

< %@ include  file ="/html/portlet/ext/library/init.jsp"  % >
< %
    String  bookTitle  = request.getParameter("book_title");
% >
< table  align ="center"  cellspacing ="10"  cellpadding ="3" >
< tr >
     < td  style ="font-weight:bold" > Book Title: </ td >
     < td >< %= bookTitle  % ></ td >
</ tr >
</ table >

4.Create Action Class to process submit

ext/ext-ejb/src/com/ext/portlet/library/action/AddBookAction.java 

package  com.ext.portlet.library.action;

import  javax.portlet.ActionRequest;
import  javax.portlet.ActionResponse;
import  javax.portlet.PortletConfig;
import  javax.portlet.RenderRequest;
import  javax.portlet.RenderResponse;

import  org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import  org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import  org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;

import  com.liferay.portal.struts.PortletAction;
public   class  AddBookAction  extends  PortletAction  ... {
    public void processAction(
            ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, PortletConfig config,
            ActionRequest req, ActionResponse res)

        throws Exception ...{
        
        String bookTitle = req.getParameter("book_title");
        
        if ( null == bookTitle || "".equals(bookTitle) ) ...{
            setForward(req, "portlet.ext.library.error");
        } else ...{     
            setForward(req, "portlet.ext.library.success");
        }
    }

    public ActionForward render(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
        PortletConfig config, RenderRequest req, RenderResponse res)
        throws Exception ...{
        if (getForward(req) != null && !getForward(req).equals("")) ...{
            return mapping.findForward(getForward(req));
        } else ...{
            return mapping.findForward("portlet.ext.library.view");
        }
    }
}

Finally, .../ext>ant deploy

Restart Tomcat, ...