Specifying a template and template elements

To use a template and template elements, a page uses the Jakarta Struts custom template tags, described in Table 2-5.

Table 2-5  Struts template tags 

Template tag	Method
template:insert	Specifies the template to use
template:put	Specifies the text or file to use for a template element such as the name, banner, side menu, or content elements

The custom template tags define the JSPs to use for the template and the custom elements that the template specifies to build the user interface. For example, the template:insert tag in the following code applies querytemplate.jsp settings to the page. The first template:put tag accesses the localized string for the title of the page. The remaining template:put tags specify that the template use banner and content elements using the files specified in each tag.

The following code example is an extract from <context root>\iportal\activePortal\private\newrequest\newrequest.jsp.

<template:insert template="/iportal/activePortal/private/templates/querytemplate.jsp">

  <template:put name="title" direct="true">

    <bean:message bundle="iportalResources"
      key="<%=whichTitle%>"
      arg0="<%=pageTitle%>" />

  </template:put>

  <template:put name="banner"
    content="/iportal/activePortal/private/common/banner.jsp"/>

  <template:put name="content"
    content="/iportal/activePortal/private/newrequest
    /newrequestpage.jsp" />

</template:insert>

The following tables show JSPs affected by template changes. Table 2-6 lists the Information Console templates and the pages that use them.

Table 2-6  Templates for JSPs 

Template	JSPs in iportal\activePortal\private
querytemplate.jsp	jobs\getrequesterjobdetails.jsp jobs\requesterjoboperationstatus.jsp newrequest\newrequest.jsp newrequest\submitjobstatus.jsp query\create.jsp query\execute.jsp
simpletemplate.jsp	common\errors\errorpage.jsp customization\fileupload.jsp newrequest\newrequest2.jsp query\confirmation.jsp query\fileexists.jsp query\runconfirmation.jsp
template.jsp	channels\channellist.jsp channels\channelnoticelist.jsp channels\channeloperationstatus.jsp channels\channelsubscribe.jsp customization\skinedit.jsp customization\skinmanager.jsp filesfolders\createfolder.jsp filesfolders\deletefilestatus.jsp filesfolders\filedetail.jsp filesfolders\filefolderlist.jsp filesfolders\privilege.jsp filesfolders\search\filefolderlist.jsp jobs\getjobdetails.jsp jobs\joboperationstatus.jsp jobs\selectjobs.jsp newrequest\submitjobstatus.jsp options\options.jsp

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