JSR168 Portlet Development: Learning How to Develop Effective, JSR-168, Portal Applications, Everything from the GenericPortlet to the Struts and JSF Apache Portlet Bridges

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Starting off with a basic introduction to the Portlet interface, this book progressively graduates to more and more advanced topics, covering everything from the complexities of handling a request-response cycle in a GenericPortlet, to the nuances of action processing, all the way to the implementation of custom portlet modes within a JSR-168 compliant portlet. If it has to do with the JSR-168 API, it is covered in this book, and it is covered in a way that makes learning about portlet development fun and easy.

Every single object in the JSR-168 API is covered, with simple, straight forward, properly explained examples, that you can easily follow, and use as templates for further exploration and portlet development.