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Converting IBM portlets (AIX IBM i Linux Solaris Windows)


We can convert the basic IBM portlets as well as IBM portlets that use the Struts Portlet Framework to the standard portlet API.


Converting basic IBM portlets to the standard

This topic describes some of the more common changes (but not allrequired to convert an IBM portlet to a standard portlet. Many conversion tasks depend on the amount of complexity in the portlet code. You will have to become familiar with the Java Portlet Specification to determine any remaining changes that are not covered in this topic.


Converting IBM portlets that use the Struts Portlet Framework

The existing versions of the Struts Portlet Framework supported the IBM Portal container API, or the legacy container. This release uses a newer version of the Struts Portlet Framework that supports the standard portlet container. This release will continue to ship a version to support the legacy container and a new version for the Standard container. The Struts Portlet Framework is still shipped as example war file used to build the Struts application. The war files for each container can be distinguished by the name. The SPFLegacy examples support the legacy container, and the SPFStandard examples support the standard container. The SPFLegacyBlank.war is the starting point for Struts applications for the Legacy container, and the SPFStandardBlank is the starting point for the Struts applications for the Standard container.


Parent: IBM Portlet API
Related reference:
Standard portlet API