Velocity Portlet

Tutorial 7 introduces the Velocity Portlet. This section covers:

• 1. Introduction to Velocity
• 2. Velocity Portlets in the Registry
• 3. The Velocity Template
• 4. Template Resolution
• 5. Velocity Actions and the Context
• 6. Portlet Customization and Parameter Styles
• 7. Action Events
• 8. Deploy

Let's get started. From the JPortal distribution root directory, type:

maven -Dtutorial=7 jetspeed:deploy

Recommend bringing up these files in your editor:

• 1. webapp/WEB-INF/conf/t7-portlets.xreg
• 2. webapp/WEB-INF/psml/user/anon/html/default.psml
• 3. webapp/WEB-INF/psml/user/turbine/html/default.psml
• 4. src/java/org/apache/jetspeed/tutorial/modules/actions/portlets/TutorialStockQuoteAction1.java
• 5. src/java/org/apache/jetspeed/tutorial/modules/actions/portlets/TutorialStockQuoteAction2.java
• 6. src/java/org/apache/jetspeed/tutorial/modules/actions/portlets/CobiJonesPortletAction.java
• 7. webapp/WEB-INF/templates/vm/portlet/html/stock-quote1.vm
• 8. webapp/WEB-INF/templates/vm/portlet/html/stock-quote2.vm
• 9. webapp/WEB-INF/templates/vm/portlet/html/cobi-jones-form.vm
• 10. webapp/WEB-INF/conf/JPortalTurbine.properties

since we will reference them in tutorial 7.