Programming Portlets: From JSR 168 to WebSphere Portal Extensions Book

Forward     ix
Introduction to the Portlet and Portal Paradigm     1
JSR 168 Portlet Programming     1
Why two parts?     2
Portals and Portlets: The Basics     5
What is a Portal?     5
Portal Applications and Portlets     9
Portal Architecture     9
Creating Portlets     16
More About Tools     22
Summary     23
References     23
Writing your first Portlet     25
Anatomy of a Portlet     26
Starting Hello World     28
Building Hello World with Rational Application Developer     33
A Minor Fix     47
Summary     48
Java Portlet API Fundamentals     51
Portlet Life Cycle     52
Portlet Mode and Window State     54
Customization Levels: Portlet Definitions, Portlet Entities, and Portlet Windows     56
Understanding the Portlet Data Model     59
Portlet URLs     63
The Calendar Portlet Application Example     64
Summary     86
Java Portlet API Code Patterns and Best Practices     89
Java Portlet API Code Patterns     90
JSF     93
WebWork     95
AJAH     101
Adopting Portlet Best Practices     103
Save Navigational State Conservatively     110
Summary     115
References     115
Languages and Markups     117
Internationalization and Localization     118
WebSphere Portal's Language Support     118
Portlet Language Support Definition     119
Localized JSPs     122
Resource Bundles     122
Java Standard Tag Library     123
Internationalization and Localization for the Calendar Portlet     123
Changing a Language Dynamically     131
A Word About Bidirectional Languages     133
Building a Portlet for Multiple Devices     133
Summary     134
Using Java Server Faces in your Portlets     135
Request Life Cycle     136
JSF Widget Library     138
Developing a Portlet     139
Pagination     151
Action Event     152
Navigation     156
Internationalization     161
Struts vs. JSF     162
Portlet Concepts Applied to JSF      163
Summary     169
Introduction to the Portlet and Portal Paradigm     171
Building on the Java Portlet API     171
Book Scenarios     172
Application Architecture and SOA     177
What Is SOA?     178
Portal as an Onramp to SOA     181
How SOA May Affect a Portal     186
Process Integration and Composite Applications     187
Technology Considerations     189
Back-End Considerations     191
Portal Service Layers     191
Reuse of the Data Access Service     195
SOA Roadmap for Portal     206
Summary     208
References     209
Fundamentals of Portlet Factory     211
Portlet Factory Background     211
Building Blocks     215
Writing Your First Portlet     217
Creating a View Portlet     230
Building the Complete Services Layer     252
Regeneration and Change Propagation     256
Summary     257
Advanced Concepts in Portlet Factory     259
Building Forms Using the Portlet Factory     260
Inter-Portlet Communication     275
Profiling      283
Personalization Use Case     289
Solutions Strategy     299
Summary     303
Inter-Portlet Communication     305
Cooperative Portlet Background     306
Basic Concepts     308
Cooperative Portlet Architecture     315
Building the Portlets     320
Source Portlet WSDL     326
Source Portlet init Method     337
Source Portlet do View Method     338
Source Portlet processAction Method     340
Summary     348
References     348
Security and the Credential Vault     349
Single Sign-On Overview     349
Introduction to the Credential Vault Service     352
The Credential Vault Structure     354
Passive Credentials     364
Defining Administrative and System Slots     374
Summary     377
Workplace Forms Fundamentals     379
IBM Workplace Forms     380
Workplace Forms Document Model     384
Workplace Forms Hello World form and Portlet     386
Testing and Deploying Our Portlet     398
Summary     403
References     404
Next Steps with Workplace Forms     405
Workplace Forms Architectures     405
Pre-Populating Workplace Forms     408
Keeping Form Submission Within Context of Your Portal Application     417
Workplace Forms/Process Integration Models     418
Form Processing and Data Extraction     425
Inter-Portlet Communication and Workplace forms     429
Workplace forms/proces Integration models     430
Summary     432
Enhancing the User Experience with Ajax     433
Introduction to Ajax     433
Ajax Processing Flow     436
Ajax in the Portal Environment     443
Ajax Example     449
Frameworks     460
Security Considerations     462
Summary     463
Looking Toward V2.0 of the Java Portlet Specification     465
Coordination     466
Resource Rendering     468
Ajax Support     469
Better Support of Existing Web Frameworks     470
Client-Capabilities Access     470
Advanced Caching     470
Portlet Windows     471
Portlet Filters     471
Further Items     472
Setting Up the Data Components     473
Using iBATIS     473
Data Access Using a Singleton Model     474
Quick Start Setup     475
Custom Setup Options     482