{"id":2066,"date":"2017-12-29T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T09:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enprowess.com\/blogs\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2017-12-29T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T09:40:46","slug":"liferay-7-portlet-preferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ws-srv-php72.in.webmyne.com\/enprowess.com\/liferay-7-portlet-preferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Liferay 7 Portlet Preferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\ntable, th, td { border: 1px solid black; } th, td { padding: 10px; }\n<\/style>\n<p>Portlet preferences are the persisted values of the portlet related preference data. Normally\u00a0administrator\u00a0uses preferences to provide a customization view to all users.\u00a0 End\u00a0User\u00a0uses\u00a0the preferences for configuring portlets just the way they like to see\/behave.<\/p>\n<p>Portlet preferences are stored in \u201ckey-value\u201d pair. There is noticeable change in the way to implement it in Liferay 6.x and Liferay 7.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s understand the steps for implementation in Liferay 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create Liferay Module Project: <\/strong>Below is a sample structure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enprowess.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Structure29122017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2089\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Important change required in gradle file.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\ncompile group: &#8216;com.liferay&#8217;, name: &#8216;com.liferay.portal.configuration.metatype&#8217;, version: &#8216;2.0.0&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>compile group: &#8220;biz.aQute.bnd&#8221;, name: &#8220;biz.aQute.bndlib&#8221;, version: &#8220;3.1.0&#8221;\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>A Config Handler class : responsible for storing and retrieving values of preferences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\/\/ Component definition. Specify the appropriate configurationPid in the @Component annotation<br \/>\n@Component(<\/p>\n<p>configurationPid = &#8220;com.enprowess.countryconfig.configuration.CountryConfiguration&#8221;,<\/p>\n<p>configurationPolicy = ConfigurationPolicy.<strong><em>OPTIONAL<\/em><\/strong>,\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\/\/ Service Declaration &#038; Class inheritence<br \/>\nservice = ConfigurationAction.<strong>class<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>public class<\/strong> <u>CountryConfigHandler<\/u> <strong>extends<\/strong> DefaultConfigurationAction {\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n@Override<br \/>\npublic void <strong>include<\/strong>(PortletConfig portletConfig, HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse)\u00a0throws Exception {<\/p>\n<p>httpServletRequest.setAttribute(<br \/>\nCountryConfiguration.class.getName(), countryConfiguration);<br \/>\nsuper.include(portletConfig, httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>@Override<br \/>\npublic void <strong>processAction<\/strong>(PortletConfig portletConfig, ActionRequest actionRequest, ActionResponse actionResponse) throws Exception {<\/p>\n<p>String countryName = ParamUtil.<em>getString<\/em>(actionRequest, &#8220;countryName&#8221;);<br \/>\n<strong>setPreference<\/strong>(actionRequest, &#8220;countryName&#8221;, countryName);<br \/>\nsuper.processAction(portletConfig, actionRequest, actionResponse);<br \/>\n}<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Capture Preferences : Here is the jsp file code.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&lt;c:set value=<em>&#8220;<\/em>&lt;%= <strong>portletPreferences.getValue<\/strong>(&#8220;countryName&#8221;, countryConfiguration.getCountryName()) %&gt;<em>&#8220;<\/em> var=<em>&#8220;selectedCountry&#8221;<\/em>\/&gt;<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ Define action URL and assign it to form submission<\/p>\n<p>&lt;aui:form action=<em>&#8220;<\/em>&lt;%= <strong>configurationActionURL<\/strong> %&gt;<em>&#8220;<\/em> method=<em>&#8220;post&#8221;<\/em> name=<em>&#8220;fm&#8221;<\/em>&gt;\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\/\/ Render the preference field<br \/>\n&lt;aui:fieldset&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;aui:select name=<em>&#8220;countryName&#8221;<\/em> label=<em><u>&#8220;<\/u><\/em><u>&lt;B&gt;<em>Select Country<\/em>&lt;\/B&gt;<em>&#8220;<\/em><\/u> value=<em>&#8220;<\/em>${selectedCountry}<em>&#8220;<\/em>&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;aui:option value=<em>&#8220;India&#8221;<\/em>&gt;India&lt;\/aui:option&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;aui:option value=<em>&#8220;United States&#8221;<\/em>&gt;United States&lt;\/aui:option&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;aui:option value=<em>&#8220;United Kingdom&#8221;<\/em>&gt;United Kingdom&lt;\/aui:option&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;aui:option value=<em>&#8220;Germany&#8221;<\/em>&gt;Germany&lt;\/aui:option&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;aui:option value=<em>&#8220;Canada&#8221;<\/em>&gt;Canada&lt;\/aui:option&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;\/aui:select&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;\/aui:fieldset&gt;<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Retrieve value in\u00a0portlet : MyBusinessLogicPortlet.java\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\/\/ Access preferences<br \/>\nPortletPreferences preference = renderRequest.getPreferences();<br \/>\n\/\/ Get Preference value, can be utilized or can be passed on to rendering jsp<br \/>\ncountryNameValue = preference.getValue(&#8220;countryName&#8221;, countryConfiguration.getCountryName());\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OUTPUT:<\/strong><br \/>\nConfig Menu:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enprowess.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Config_Menu29112017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80%\" height=\"150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2086\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select Preference:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enprowess.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Preference_values29112017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2088\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nOutput in Display:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enprowess.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Output29122017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80%\" height=\"100px\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2087\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nPost By,<br \/>\nManish Luste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portlet preferences are the persisted values of the portlet related preference data. Normally\u00a0administrator\u00a0uses preferences to provide a customization view to all users.\u00a0 End\u00a0User\u00a0uses\u00a0the preferences for configuring portlets just the way they like to see\/behave. Portlet preferences are stored in \u201ckey-value\u201d pair. 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