JBoss Portal Server Development -- Table of Contents -- JBoss Portal Server Development -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code for the book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Portals and Portal Servers -- Portals -- Why portals? -- Types of portals -- Function-based portals -- Vertical portal -- Horizontal portal -- User-based portals -- B2B portal -- B2C portal -- B2E portal -- Portal servers -- Portlets and portlet container -- Constructing a view -- Portal specification and WSRP -- Servlets and portlets -- Summary -- 2. Getting Started with JBoss Portal -- JBoss portal server -- Features -- Technology and Architecture -- Security and Single Sign On -- Supported Standards -- Portal and Portlet Container -- Content Management System -- Installing the server -- Getting the software -- System requirements -- Installation -- JBoss portal packaged with JBoss application server -- JBoss portal binary without the server -- Building JBoss portal from source -- Configuration -- Changing the context root -- Changing the portal port -- Setting email service -- Configuring proxies -- Working with the portal -- Getting started -- Creating our first portal page -- Summary -- 3. Saying Hello with a Portlet -- Portal page -- JSR-168 and JSR-286 - Java portlet specification -- Portal URL -- Portlet modes -- Window states -- A Hello World portlet -- Portlet development environment -- Portlet package structure -- Writing the code -- Application descriptors -- portlet.xml -- portlet-instances.xml -- sayhello-object.xml -- web.xml -- Building the application -- Deploying the application -- Accessing the page and portal URL -- Summary -- 4. Managing the View -- The Presentation tier in portals.

Using Java Server Pages -- Archive package structure with JSP -- Writing the code -- Portlet class -- JSPs and portlet tags -- Application descriptors -- Building the application -- Deploying the application -- Using Java Server Faces -- JSR -301 Portlet Bridge -- Package structure with JSF -- Application descriptors -- Building the application -- Deploying the application -- Using JBoss Seam -- Building a sample application: an intranet portal -- Introduction -- Creating the MyCompany portal -- A JSP portlet -- Summary -- 5. Personalizing Our Portal Experience -- Personalization and customization -- Personalizing the portal -- Personalization models -- User profile-based -- Rules-based -- Collaborative filtering -- Personalized interface -- Layouts -- Creating layouts -- Using the layout JSP tags -- Configuring layouts -- Themes -- Defining themes -- Configuring themes -- RenderSets -- Using RenderSets -- Custom development -- Modifying header.jsp -- Creating new JSPs -- Modifying tabs.jsp -- Personalized content -- Access-level based portlets -- Preference-based portlets -- Analytics-based portlets -- Customizing the portal -- Setting preferences -- Internationalization and localization -- Drag-and-drop content -- Usability settings -- Summary -- 6. Portals and AJAX -- Rich user interfaces and AJAX -- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML or AJAX -- AJAX in JBoss portal -- JSR-168 AJAX limitations -- JSR-286 and AJAX -- Developing an AJAX portlet -- The front-end -- The server-side portlet -- Deployment -- AJAX support for markup -- Layout markup -- Renderer markup -- AJAX support for content -- Drag-and-Drop -- Partial content refresh -- Portal object configuration -- Portlet configuration -- Constraints in implementing partial refresh -- Inconsistent session attributes -- Non-AJAX interaction -- Considerations for AJAX implementations.

Global variables -- State management -- Visual cues -- Summary -- 7. Databases and Portal -- Database use in portal -- Hibernate -- JBoss portal server using Hibernate -- Hibernate configuration for portal features -- Content management system database storage -- Building portlets using Hibernate -- A persistent portlet -- Configuring and using Hibernate -- Creating the persistent class -- Setting up database -- Creating the mappings -- Configuring Hibernate -- Creating the Data Access Object class -- The Portlet class and configuration -- Building and deployment -- Summary -- 8. Managing Content in Portal -- Content management systems -- Adding content to portal -- Adding content to portal pages -- Editing content -- The CMS portlet -- CMS service configuration -- Content storage configuration -- 100% database storage -- 100% filesystem storage -- Mixed Storage -- CMS Interceptors -- Localization -- CMS workflow service -- Activation and configuration -- Summary -- 9. Portal Security -- Portal security -- Portal objects security -- Using the management console -- Using configuration files -- User security and access control -- Authentication -- Authorization -- User and role management -- The portal permission -- The authorization provider -- Making a programmatic security check -- Configuring an authorization domain -- LDAP configuration -- Single sign-on -- Identity management -- Managing users using admin console -- Identity portlets -- Captcha support -- Lost and reset passwords -- jBPM-based user registration -- Configuration -- Identity management API -- Content management system security -- CMS security configuration -- CMS super user -- CMS security console -- Summary -- 10. Web Services and Portlets -- Remoting in portal servers -- Web Service for Remote Portlets -- WSRP actors -- Portlet -- Producer -- Consumer -- End user -- Process flow.

WSRP Use Profiles -- Producer levels -- Base -- Simple -- Complex -- Consumer levels -- Base -- Simple -- Medium -- Complex -- WSRP in JBoss portal -- WSRP implementation support -- Enabling remoting in portlets -- Configuring WSRP producer -- Producer configuration -- Customization -- Configuring WSRP consumer -- Remote producer configuration using Admin portlet -- Remote producer configuration using the WSRP producer descriptor -- Managing consumer configuration -- Instantiation of a remote portlet -- Summary -- 11. Portlet Coordination and Filters -- Going from JSR-168 to JSR-286 -- Portlet coordination and inter-portlet communication -- Portlet events -- Public render parameters -- Portlet coordination in JBoss portal -- JSR-168 inter-portlet communication -- Coding listener and portlets -- Configuring the listener and portlets -- Service descriptor -- Portal descriptor -- Deploying portlets -- Portlet events-based coordination -- Creating and retrieving events -- Configuring events -- Deploying portlets -- Public render parameter-based coordination -- Coding public parameters -- Configuring public render parameters -- Deploying portlets -- Additional JBoss coordination features -- Implicit and explicit coordination -- Explicit coordination configuration -- Event wiring -- Parameter binding -- Alias binding -- Portlet filters -- Creating the filter -- Configuring the filter -- Mapping the filter -- Deployment -- Summary -- Epilogue -- Index.