Spring MVC Portlet Sample

This addon is a Spring MVC Portlet Sample. It is a demo application that manages contacts.

The following features are used in this sample :

• Spring MVC Portlet action and render mapping
• Dependency Injection (using @Inject)
• Form binding
• Form Validation (Hibernate Validator)

Getting Started

Step 1 : Install

Prerequisite : install eXo Platform 4.0 Tomcat bundle (EXO_TOMCAT_ROOT_FOLDER will be used to designate the eXo Tomcat root folder).

You can install this sample by either :

• using the extension manager

_TODO

• or building them with Maven and installing them manually

Prerequisite : install Maven 3

Clone the project with

git clone https://github.com/exo-addons/sample-springmvc-portlet.git
cd sample-springmvc-portlet

Build it with

mvn clean package

Copy the extension binary with

cp portlet/target/sample-springmvc-portlet.war EXO_TOMCAT_ROOT_FOLDER/webapps

Step 3 : Run

Start eXo with

cd EXO_TOMCAT_ROOT_FOLDER
./start_eXo.sh

Step 4 : Add the portlet sample in a page

• login in your eXo instance with an administrator (root for example)
• go to the application registry
• add the portlet sample in the application list
• add a new page or edit an existing page and add the portlet sample in that page
• save the page

Here are some screenshots :

• contacts list

• contact creation

• contact update with validation errors

Enjoy !