SAS 9.1.3 Integration Technologies » SAS Web Infrastructure Kit: Developer's Guide

	Creating a Deployment Descriptor
	Creating Display Resources Files
	Developing the Presentation JSP Page
	Creating Action Classes
	Implementing Portlet Help
	Creating a PAR File

Use Cases

	Simple Display Portlet
	Localized Portlet
	Portlet Template (Editable Portlet)
	Remote Portlet

	Localized Display Portlet (Welcome)
	Interactive Form Portlet (FormExample)
	Portlet Template, or Editable Portlet (DisplayURL)
	Web Application (HelloUserWikExample)
	Remote Portlet (HelloUserRemote Portlet

Sample: Interactive Form Portlet (FormExample)

Step 1: Create the Directory Structure

The following directory structure was used to create the FormExample portlet:

Directory structure for FormExample portlet

This structure includes the following directories and subdirectories:

Directory	Contents
work (root) This directory serves as a development area for the portlet.	Portlet deployment descriptor file `portlet.xml` The name of the deployment descriptor file must be `portlet.xml`.
/FormExample	This is the main portlet directory. It does not contain any files. The directory name must not have any spaces, and it must match the name of the portlet as specified in the `name` attribute of the `<local-portlet>` element in `portlet.xml`.
/FormExample/classes/com/sas/portal/portlets/formexample	The action class called `DisplayAction.class` and the JavaBean called `ExampleBean.class`.
/FormExample/content	This directory contains the display page called `FormExample.jsp`. Each portlet can have only one content location directory, and the directory name must be `content`. However, the content location directory can have an unlimited number of subdirectories.

The following rules apply when you set up the directory structure:

Neither portlet names nor their paths can contain spaces.
The portlet identifier (which consists of the name and the path) must be unique. Developers should devise a convention to ensure unique name-spaces, similar to the conventions used for naming Java packages.

For example, the Sales division of a company named ABCD could create portlets in the path ABCD/Sales, and the Purchasing division could create portlets in the path ABCD/Purchasing. Then both Sales and Purchasing could have different portlets named FormExample.