The following attributes configures a menu block instance :

• Bullet

• BulletBefore

• BulletAfter

• Before

• After

When the block displays it is constitued of 3 zones :

1. Menu called MenuBefore : a static menu

2. Modules : a dynamic menu

3. Menu called MenuAfter : a static menu

The static menus get its data from the JMX Attributes Before

and After in XML format to structure the entries :

The dynamic menu gets its data from the module themselves, they provide a set of operations

that are available and at render it is used to compute the block content.

The JMX attributes Bullet/BulletBefore/BulletAfter are used to determine the display format

of the related parts. The data type is boolean and if enabled the different items are displayed

as a set of bullet, in the other case they are displayed in a combo box.

Menu block security :

The security configuration is about filtering menu entries according to the groups the user belongs to.

The following rules are available :

• READ/::

Displays the block if the rules matches.

• READ/menu:$title

Display the menu entry whose title matches this rules.

• READ/module:$module:$operation

Display the module operation when it matches