Development and tooling

PortletMVC4Spring Configuration Files

PortletMVC4Spring Configuration Files A PortletMVC4Spring application has these descriptors, Spring contexts, and properties files in its WEB-INF folder: web.xml → Web application descriptor ...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Sharing Localized Messages

Sharing Localized Messages As you work on an application you might have multiple modules, each of which with its own language keys. Instead of maintaining various language properties files in...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:53 PM

PortletMVC4Spring Annotations

PortletMVC4Spring Annotations PortletMVC4Spring provides several annotations for mapping requests to controller classes and controller methods. @RenderMapping Annotation Examples The following...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Using Spring

Using Spring PortletMVC4Spring is deprecated due to a future migration to Jakarta EE 10. Instead, use client extensions or Liferay Objects if possible. Alternatively, use Liferay's MVC Portlet. ...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Reference

Reference PortletMVC4Spring integrates Spring, the Spring Web Framework, and the MVC design pattern with portlet development. As such, it uses configuration files from each of these areas and...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

PortletMVC4Spring Project Anatomy

PortletMVC4Spring Project Anatomy PortletMVC4Spring portlets are packaged in WARs. Liferay provides Maven archetypes for creating projects configured to use JSP/JSPX and Thymeleaf templates. Their...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference

Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference You can use an instance settings client extension to configure a wide variety of Liferay configurations. Each configuration is referenced by its PID...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Configuration as Code

Configuration as Code Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Liferay instance configurations are deployable with client extensions. For example, you can deploy OAuth2...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference

OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth headless server client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference

OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth user agent client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines an OAuth...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Core Frameworks

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Portlet Level Configuration

Portlet Level Configuration With the configuration framework, you can set your application's configuration for different levels of scope. Where Instance and Site-scoped configurations use...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Completely Custom Configuration

Completely Custom Configuration A configuration UI is generated automatically when you create a configuration interface. But in some cases you want a completely custom UI for your configuration....

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Categorizing a Configuration

Categorizing a Configuration When you register a configuration interface, the UI for your application is generated in System Settings → Platform → Third Party. If you prefer a different section and...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Configuration Framework

Configuration Framework Setting and Accessing Configurations Categorizing a Configuration Scoping Configurations Portlet Level Configuration Configuration Form Renderer DDM Form Annotations ...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Working with Client Extensions

Working with Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Using client extensions, you can extend Liferay without deploying OSGi modules. Just like traditional...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:53 PM

Packaging Client Extensions

Packaging Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Client extension projects are built as deployable archives called Liferay Universal File Format Archives...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Configuration Form Renderer

Configuration Form Renderer When you create a configuration interface, a configuration UI is automatically generated. But in some cases you want customize the look and feel of the UI. For example,...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Field Options Provider

Field Options Provider You can populate a drop-down list manually in the @Meta.AD annotation of the configuration interface. But you can also populate the option labels and values automatically...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM

Hiding the Configuration UI

Hiding the Configuration UI Liferay generates a configuration UI automatically after a configuration interface deploys. But you may have certain use cases where you want to hide the UI. For...

Published Date: Nov 22, 24, 10:50 PM