25.4 Wiring toolThe portlet wiring tool allows you to view the properties that portlets on the page can send or receive. If a match is available between two portlets, you can create a wire between the two portlets. Existing wires may also be deleted using the tool. This is an alternative to the wire creation or deletion while interacting with the portlets using the Ctrl key. The wiring tool allows wires to be created in situations which are not handled by the interactive approach. For example, the tool does not require the existence of Click-to-Action menus to initiate wire creation, and can be used to create multiple wires from a single source property (using the interactive approach, a single source can be wired to a single target or all targets, not an arbitrary subset). Wire creation or deletion is subject to the access control checks.
Figure 25-3 Creating wires programmatically using Portlet Wiring Tool WebSphere Portal V5.1 includes the Portlet Wiring Tool as part of the product and deployed to the Page Customizer. |
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