Ok - its been a while since I've posted (been busy writing portlets)
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I was wondering - is there any "official" work being done w/ JSF and portlets for Liferay? I've started developing a "Liferay portlet library" to support portlets developed for LR with the intention on contributing it to the LR project. Since its been a while since I checked stuff out from the SVN trunk (trying not to rock the boat too much on my end), I didn't know if anything "new" has shown up.
My "Liferay JSF Library" currently has the following features:
1. Based on myfaces + facelets
2. A set of LR specific components that adds all the necessary styles and/or Javascript to make the controls match the portlet theme, as well as ease of use of core features:
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2<lr:table />
3<lr:column />
4<lr:columnLink />
5<lr:scroller />
6<lr:commandButton />
7<lr:popupCalendar />
8<lr:colorPicker />
9<lr:inputHTML />
3. A custom variable resolver that adds a "portletPreferences" implied variable to the EL i.e. you can bind a field like this:
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2<h:inputText value="#{portletPreferences.rowsToDisplay}" />
4. A helper class: JSFPortletUtils, that contains a lot of convenience methods for accessing critial portlet and LR data (getPortletRequest(), getPortletSession(), getPortletPreferences(), setPortletMode(), getCompanyId(), getUser(), getUserRoles(), getHostCommunityId(), getTheme(), getThemeImageDir(), getLayout(), etc.)
5. A second helper base class: JSFPortletPreferenceAdapter, for making a "ViewCongiguration" managed bean that gives the Java side code quick and easy access to portlet preferences.
That's my start. I've got plans on adding other variable resolvers (to add other variables to the EL, like "themeDisplay", "portletInstanceId", etc.) I also have a "design pattern" for portlet development that includes things like integrating Spring objects and JSF managed beans, the use of "ViewConfiguration" mentioned in #5 above, etc.
Anyone else doing JSF development and would like to join the fun? Or, is there some pre-exisitng "spot" for this that I can just add to?
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