Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Placing a portlet on a page

To put a portlet on a page, use the insert() method of the controller.

To place a portlet on a page, proceed by the following steps:

1. Obtain a layout model controller for the page the portlet is to be put on.
2. Obtain a LayoutControlCreationContext; this includes obtaining the portlet definition ID, and optionally the portlet entity ID.
3. Create a layout control by using the context from above and by using the create() method of the layout model controller.
4. Insert the created layout control into the layout model controller.
5. Persist your modifications by using the commit() method of the controller.

// obtain layout model controller
final LayoutModelController lmController = cmController.getLayoutModelController(page);

// obtain layout control creation context
final LayoutControlCreationContext context   = ... (portletDefinition, null);
//final LayoutControlCreationContext context = ... (portletDefinition, portletEntity);

// create layout control
final Modifiable control = lmController.create(LayoutControl.class, context);

// insert control into the topology of the layout model controller (given a container and a sibling)
lmController.insert(control, container, sibling);

// commit the content model controller
cmController.commit();