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Thanks dimiter_a, I'm about to test this myself! It's great to see other people also using the JSF-portlet approach:)

I'm just curious:
1. Where did you find the required information to make all work together? In one place, or by googling the internet? 2. You're developing a JSF application where you use a portlet bridge to make it work in a portal, right?
3. Do you utilize Maven for dependency management?
4. From the configuration you have provided here, I can assume you're using the portlet bridge from the Richfaces/Ajax4JSF guys, not the one from Sun? Is that what you refer to as "portlet-3.1.2.GA " Can it be downloaded from a Maven repository?

Thanks in advance:)

To Viggo:

1. Unfortunatelly there is not a place where you can read all you need to make a richfaces portlet work on jboss portal. If I had more time, I would make a detailed tutorial to save the work for others that try this(It took me about 3 days). Anyway I think this will be done much better by the developers from jboss.

2. That's exactly what I had to do. Multiple JSF RichFaces applications, packed into portlets, running on a single portal server, it is very convinient.

3. Yes, I used Maven for dependency management of all project jars.

4. Here is the url of the portlet-3.1.2.GA.jar - in maven repository:
http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/org/richfaces/extensions/portlet/3.1.2.GA/

Your last question remind me one more thing. Actually the working configuration is using the FacesPortlet form sun:
portlet.xml:

<portlet-name>NutritionPortlet</portlet-name>
 <portlet-class>com.sun.faces.portlet.FacesPortlet</portlet-class>
 <init-param>
 <name>com.sun.faces.portlet.INIT_VIEW</name>
 <value>/pages/menu.jsp</value>
 </init-param>

I'm just curious:
1. Where did you find the required information to make all work together? In one place, or by googling the internet?
2. You're developing a JSF application where you use a portlet bridge to make it work in a portal, right?
3. Do you utilize Maven for dependency management?
4. From the configuration you have provided here, I can assume you're using the portlet bridge from the Richfaces/Ajax4JSF guys, not the one from Sun? Is that what you refer to as "portlet-3.1.2.GA " Can it be downloaded from a Maven repository?

Thanks in advance:)

"dimiter_a" wrote:

1. Unfortunatelly there is not a place where you can read all you need to make a richfaces portlet work on jboss portal.

"dimiter_a" wrote:

If I had more time, I would make a detailed tutorial to save the work for others that try this(It took me about 3 days). Anyway I think this will be done much better by the developers from jboss.

dimiter_a: thanks for valuable input:)
But, about my last question: If it means you're using the Suns portlet bridge, why do you have to include the portlet-3.1.2.GA.jar? Do you refer to it somewhere in your code? What's the magic behind that specific jar file?:)

When things have been become more stable, I will be more than willing to write a blog entry or two about JSF portlet development since I think there not much material available. Let's give the JBoss guys some space to finish up their work, and then we can contribute with lot's of examples and blogs about it:)

Cool :) And go to Java User Groups with that ;)

dimiter_a: I'm also facing the same problem you had previous in this thread, with the exception viewing the portlet. You fixed it by adding a factory to your faces-config.xml. I tried too, but wasn't able to make it work:( Any special place in the xml file to put it?

viggo: There is many files that have to be configured correctly, so the problem could be everywhere. I can send you the working portlet over email or skype, because I was unable to publish it now.

I committed a working example in portletswap here:
http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/portletswap/portlets/src/framework/RichFacesPortlet/

But like Thomas said, we are working on making this stable and it is still subject to changes.

dimiter_a: You could send it to viggo.navarsete@gmail.com Thanks in advance, and have a nice weekend:)

I tried a4j in jboss portlet two ways, first with files from http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/portletswap/portlets/src/framework/RichFacesPortlet/
Had to get some files from richfaces svn because they are not in main jar file, after some work I managed to compile it all but when I tried it in my portal I got this exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.faces.portlet.LifecycleImpl.getWindowStateIdentifier(LifecycleImpl.java:524)
When I tried it with <portlet-class>com.sun.faces.portlet.FacesPortlet</portlet-class>
With all other set as required, I got my page but A4J libraries were not imported so I go js error a4j not defined.
can anyone help?