Customization

A custom page extends import com.manydesigns.portofino.pageactions.custom.CustomAction, you can override any method of it.

SUMMARY

• Hooks
• Useful objects

Hooks

CustomAction defines the following hooks, predefined methods  to extend its behavior.

Resolution execute()

This method is executed when the page is reached. e.g you can put all your logic in this method and redirect to a jsp for visualization.

String fwd = "/layouts/custom/example.jsp"; 
return forwardTo(fwd);

Useful objects

The action give to you the following objects that you can use in your methods:

context

The Stripes context, e.g. you can obtain the request from it.

originalPath

A string with the current path. 

model

A com.manydesigns.portofino.model.Model, which stores all the information about the databases (e.g. tables, columns, ...).

portofinoConfiguration

This object stores all the configuration properties.

application

The Application object which store all common data of your application(e.g. all Hibernate sessions).

logger

The org.slf4j.Logger that you can use to log your activities.