java and zimlets

[SageMajor]

I am looking at the sourceforge zimlet and I see there is a welcome.jsp in there. Is it possible to use jsp rather than JS to do zimlets? I have much of my code needed alredy written in java, and it looks like I can integrate with it much easier than rewriting everything in JavaScript.

If it is possible please point me in the right direction.

Sage

[Chewie71]

Hiya,

I'm no expert, but have done a little Zimlet programming. As far as I understand....you will probably need a little Javascript....but you can do all the heavy programming in JSP.

For mine, the Javascript handles all the UI operations, but my JSP is where all the external calls and programming work gets done.

You might be able to get by with just the Zimlet XML if all you need is a Zimlet icon and a menu item or two. The moment you get any more complicated than that in the UI, you will have to use Javascript. That's been my experience anyway.

Matt

[SageMajor]

I have read through the zimlet developement guide and it only talks about JavaScript. Can you give me a quick intro on how to even connect the JavaServerPage to the zimlet.

All of my data will be out from zimbra, I do not plan to display anything other than a popup of the application with all the data from the zimbra calendar filled in for my users.

Thanks
Sage

[SageMajor]

I moved the com_zimbra_jspsample into the _dev directory and undeployed it from the admin console.

HTTP ERROR: 404
NOT_FOUND
RequestURI=/service/zimlet/com_zimbra_jspsample/sample.jsp
Powered by Jetty://

But my jsp is in
/service/zimlet/_dev/com_zimbra_jspsample/sample.jsp

So I modify the xml file and reload the web browser. I then get

HTTP ERROR: 404
NOT_FOUND
RequestURI=/service/_dev/zimlet/com_zimbra_jspsample/sample.jsp
Powered by Jetty://

What should I be doing to get the jsp to be used?

[SageMajor]

looking around I found this file

/opt/zimbra/./jetty-6.1.5/work/service/jsp/org/apache/jsp/zimlet/com_005fzimbra_005fjspsample/sample_jsp.class

I did not find s similar one in the _dev directory

./jetty-6.1.5/work/service/jsp/org/apache/jsp/zimlet/com_005fzimbra_005fjspsample/sample_jsp.class

How do I compile the jsp file with zimbra other than to remove and redeploy with a new zip file?

Sage

[mcrocker]

I think you want

<actionUrl target="/service/zimlet/_dev/com_zimbra_jspsample/sample.jsp"/>