3 Replies Latest reply on Jan 12, 2010 8:54 AM by hilmer

Partial content refresh?

hilmer Dec 16, 2009 9:36 AM

Will/does GateIn provide partial content refresh, like the old JBoss Portal?

I hope so we rely heavily on that feature, as we have Google Maps in portlets with lots of markers and a full page refresh is totally unacceptable.

--Søren

1. Re: Partial content refresh?

rafaelliu Dec 16, 2009 6:59 PM (in response to hilmer)

GateIn suports AJAX. You can create JSF + RichFaces portlets and even Seam portlets.

Don't know if that's your case, but you can take advantage of RichFaces' Google Map component.
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2. Re: Partial content refresh?

hilmer Dec 17, 2009 1:01 AM (in response to rafaelliu)

I do not use JSF+RichFaces right now, might do it if it solves this problem.

By using this can I stop full page refreshes from happening, in this situation:

1. one portlet on the page draws a google map wit lots of markers
(this portlet is not listening for portlets events and thus does not take part in the event loop mechanism)
2. second portlet changes state and sends an event.

Now I want that the second portlet and other portlets on the page that are listening for the event, gets re-rendered but the map-portlet does not.

This is easily achieved in the old portal by specifying that all portlets on the page are using partial-content refresh.

Can I do this using JSF-Richfaces on GateIn? Or on GateIn at all?

--Søren
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3. Re: Partial content refresh?

hilmer Jan 12, 2010 8:54 AM (in response to hilmer)

Is there really no one, who can answer this question?

It would really help me to know if GateIn 3.0 will support a feature like what is known as "Partial Content Refresh" in JBoss Portal 2.7.

Thanks
Søren
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