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Changes Between Bundler 1.x and 2.x
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Changes Between Bundler 1.x and 2.x The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. This article outlines the key changes between...
Understanding the Liferay npm Bundler Loader
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Understanding the Liferay npm Bundler Loader The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. liferay-npm-bundler's mechanism is...
Creating the Testcase File
Official Documentation
Creating the Testcase File Test Scenario Write your first testcase file using the test scenario below: You would like to test that your name does not appear on any learn.liferay.com article. The...
Configuration
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Configuration In order to give test writers easy access to commonly used functions, paths, or macros, Poshi resources were created to store existing Poshi files as dependencies. These resources can...
Poshi Test Automation
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Poshi Test Automation Poshi is a test automation framework that is simple, easy to understand, and does not require prior development experience to get started. Poshi tests can be written to...
Using the Bootstrap 3 Compatibility Layer in Liferay 7.4
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Using the Bootstrap 3 Compatibility Layer in Liferay 7.4 As of Liferay DXP 7.4 GA1, the Bootstrap 3 compatibility layer is removed from the built-in packages in Liferay frontend applications. If...
Traditional Java-Based Development
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Traditional Java-Based Development Liferay is a complex open-source platform built on several key technologies and architectural principles. Liferay is written mostly in Java and built on the OSGi...
Using Poshi Resources
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Using Poshi Resources Once the Poshi resources jar file is loaded onto your Poshi project, you are now able to use Liferay's commonly used functions, paths, and macros. To distinguish between files...
Node Version Information
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Node Version Information Liferay DXP uses Node (and NPM) for many different frontend components. Specifically, the Liferay Theme Generator and Liferay's JavaScript application tools require the use...
Categorizing a Configuration
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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...
Setting and Accessing Configurations
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Setting and Accessing Configurations You can use Liferay's configuration framework to add a settings UI for a MVC Portlet. See the Example Portlet Then, follow these steps: Download and unzip...
Configuration Form Renderer
Official Documentation
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,...
Configuration Model Listener Reference
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Configuration Model Listener Reference Use model listeners in your own configurations to listen for events and execute code in response. Creating a model listener requires only three steps: ...
Scoping Configurations
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Scoping Configurations In Liferay DXP, you can set an application's configuration to different levels of scope: System, Instance, Site, or Portlet. For example, if you create an application to have...
DDM Form Annotations
Official Documentation
DDM Form Annotations The auto-generated configuration interface UI may be too simplistic for some configurations. You can use the Dynamic Data Mapping (DDM) form annotations to customize your...
Portlet Level Configuration
Official Documentation
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...
Completely Custom Configuration
Official Documentation
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....
Hiding the Configuration UI
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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...
Logs
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Logs The OSGi Log Service Extender enables bundles to provide OSGi logging configuration using embedded properties files META-INF/osgi-logging.properties or META-INF/osgi-logging-ext.properties....
Using Direct Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions
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Using Direct Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions Liferay DXP 7.4 U48/Portal GA49 and Below Direct synchronous messaging is the easiest way to block processing until all listeners receive a...
Listening for Registration Events
Official Documentation
Listening for Registration Events Liferay DXP 2023.Q3/Portal GA92 and Below The messaging API supports listening for destination and message listener registration events. Here are some reasons to...
Portlets
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Portlets Liferay DXP started off as a portal server for Java-based web applications called portlets (see JSR 168, JSR-286, and JSR-362). Portlets process requests and generate responses like any...
Using Default Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions
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Using Default Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions Liferay DXP 7.4 U48/Portal GA49 and Below In default synchronous messaging, the sender blocks while a Message Bus thread dispatches the...
Portlet Descriptor to OSGi Service Property Map
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Portlet Descriptor to OSGi Service Property Map Here's a map of portlet XML descriptor values to OSGi service properties for publishing OSGi Portlets. The properties centralize and simplify portlet...
Message Bus
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Message Bus The Message Bus provides a loosely coupled way to exchange messages. A class sending a message invokes the Message Bus to send the message to a destination, while other classes...
Listening for Messages
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Listening for Messages You can listen for messages sent to any registered Message Bus destination, whether it's built-in to DXP/Portal, defined by third-parties, or created by you. Messages sent to...
Portlet IDs
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Portlet IDs Below is a listing of the portlet IDs for the default portlets in Liferay DXP. You can use these IDs to embed portlets in your theme's sitemap. Collaboration PortletID...
Tuning Messaging Performance
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Tuning Messaging Performance Liferay DXP 2023.Q3/Portal GA92 and Below Messaging performance is tuned at the destinations. Performance depends on the destination type, the amount of processing the...
Asset Framework
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Asset Framework The asset framework is behind many of Liferay's most powerful features. It provides tools for displaying and interacting with any type of content and data. For example, if you build...
Enabling Assets
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Enabling Assets Many of Liferay's applications (e.g. Blogs, Documents and Media, Message Boards, etc.) are asset-enabled out of the box. You can publish assets with the Asset Publisher widget or...
Accessing Custom Fields With Expandos
Official Documentation
Accessing Custom Fields With Expandos When you need additional fields in your application, you can always add them in your service model definition and re-run Service Builder. This adds new columns...
Implementing an Item Selector
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Implementing an Item Selector Item selectors are pop-up dialogs for selecting assets, such as documents, videos, or users. By configuring the item selector's criteria and defining its usage, you...
Advanced Queries
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Advanced Queries Service Builder doesn't limit you to elements in service.xml. If simple finders aren't sufficient for getting data out of your application, there are three other ways to make the...
Generating Model, Persistence, and Service Code
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Generating Model, Persistence, and Service Code Service Builder makes it easy to define models and generate model, persistence, and service code for them. You'll experience this by defining a model...
Configuring Global Service Options
Official Documentation
Configuring Global Service Options A service's global options apply to all its entities. Here are the options: Dependency Injector Package path Multiversion concurrency control Namespace...
Service Builder Basics
Official Documentation
Service Builder Basics Using Service Builder helps you learn it. You'll use it to learn the basics: Generating Model, Persistence, and Service Code: Define a basic model, generate code from it,...
Defining Entities
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Defining Entities Entities are the heart and soul of a service. They represent the map between the model objects in Java and your database fields and tables. Service Builder automatically maps your...
Adding Model Hints
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Adding Model Hints Once you've used Service Builder to define model entities, you may want to refine how users enter that data. Model hints specify entity data restrictions and other formatting....
Defining Entity Columns
Official Documentation
Defining Entity Columns An entity's columns represent its attributes. These attributes map table fields to Java object fields. Here you'll examine the sample project from Understanding and...
Modifying Database Fields in Development
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Modifying Database Fields in Development As you develop an application, you might need to add fields to your database. This is a normal process of iterative development: you get an idea for a new...