JSR 168 & 286 Specifications

JSR 168 & 286 SPECIFICATIONS: These specifications are nothing but set of rules, which are used for the development of portlets and these are the members of the liferay portal technology.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JSR 168 & 286:

JSR 168:

·     Portlets communication will be through portlet session, with in the same application.

·     Doesn’t support the Ajax Implementation.

·     Action URL & Render URL is given by the JSR 168.

JSR 286:

·     Portlets communication will be through events and public render parameters. (Support IPC).

·     Support the Ajax implementation, portlet filters & listeners.

·     Resource URL is given by the JSR 286.

	JSR 168	JSR 286
1	ActionURL	ActionURL
	RenderURL	RenderURL
		ResourceURL
2	Window States	Window States
	(min)	(min)
	(max)	(max)
	(normal)	(normal)
3	Portlet Modes	Portlet Modes
	(view)	(view)
	(help)	(help)
	(edit)	(edit)
4		IPC (Inter Portlet Communication)

URLs..

1.  ActionURL

a.  <portlet:actionURL………/>

Always points to processActon() method.

Uses (ActionRequest, ActionResponse)

2.  RenderURL

a.  <portlet:renderURL………/>

Always points to render() method

Uses (RenderRequest, RenderResponse)

3.  ResourceURL

a.  <portlet:resourceURL………/>

Always points to serveResource() method.

Uses (ResourceRequest, ResourceResponse)