Portlets in Action

Portlets in Action is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to building portlet-driven applications in Java. Covers Portlet 2.0, Spring 3.0 Portlet MVC, WSRP 2.0, Portlet Bridges, Ajax, Comet, Liferay, GateIn, Spring JDBC, and Hibernate.

ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

Portlets are the small Java applications that run within a portal. Good portlets work independently and also communicate fluently with the portal, other portlets, as well as outside servers and information sources. Using Java’s Portlet 2.0 API and portal servers like Liferay, you can build flexible, stable business portals without the design overhead required by other application styles.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Portlets in Action is a comprehensive guide to building portlet-driven applications in Java. It teaches portlet development hands-on as you develop a portal that incorporates most key features of the Portlet 2.0 API. And because portals and portlets are so flexible, the accompanying source code can be easily adapted and reused. Along the way, you’ll learn how to work with key web frameworks like Spring 3.0 Portlet MVC and DWR.

Written for Java developers. No prior experience with portlets required.

WHAT’S INSIDE

Complete coverage of the Portlet 2.0 API
Spring 3.0 Portlet MVC and the Liferay portal server
Portal design best practices
Reusable source code

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting started with portlet development

Chapter 1 Introducing portals and portlets
Chapter 2 The portlet lifecycle
Chapter 3 Portlet 2.0 API—portlet objects and container-runtime options
Chapter 4 Portlet 2.0—API caching, security, and localization
Chapter 5 Building your own portal
Chapter 6 Using the portlet tag library

Part 2 Developing portlets using Spring and Hibernate

Chapter 7 Getting started with Spring Portlet MVC
Chapter 8 Annotation-driven development with Spring
Chapter 9 Integrating portlets with databases

Part 3 Advanced portlet development

Chapter 10 Personalizing portlets
Chapter 11 Communicating with other portlets
Chapter 12 Ajaxing portlets
Chapter 13 Reusable logic with portlet filters
Chapter 14 Portlet bridges
Chapter 15 Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP)

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