Set portlet preferences for portlet definitions

Set the portlet preferences for portlet definitions.

To set the portlet preferences for a portlet definition, proceed by the following steps:

1. Obtain a modifiable instance of a portlet definition.

2. Obtain the modifiable portlet preferences layer.

3. Set the preferences by using the appropriate methods of the ModifiablePortletPreferences interface.

Example - Setting portlet preferences on a portlet definition:

// obtain portlet model controller final PortletModelController pmController = getPortletModelController(portletModel);
        
// obtain modifiable instance of a portlet definition final Modifiable modifiable = pmController.getModifiableNode(portletDefinition);

// obtain modifiable preferences layer final ModifiablePortletPreferences preferences = ((ModifiablePortletDefinition) 
      modifiable).getModifiablePortletPreferencesLayer();

// set a single value preferences.setStringValue("name", "value");

Parent topic:

Set portlet preferences

Related tasks

Set portlet preferences for portlet entities

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