Defining the Component Metadata Properties

Refactoring the Prototype

Step 2 of 6

When users add applications to a page, they pick them from a list of display categories.

Figure 1: Users choose applications from a list of display categories.

Figure 1: Users choose applications from a list of display categories.

A portlet’s display category is defined in its component class as a metadata property. Since the Guestbook portlet lets users communicate with each other, you’ll add it to the Social category. Only one Guestbook portlet should be added to a page, so you’ll also define it as a non-instanceable portlet. Such a portlet can appear only once on a page or Site, depending on its scope.

  1. Open the GuestbookPortlet class and update the component class metadata properties to match this configuration:

    @Component(
        immediate = true,
        property = {
          "com.liferay.portlet.display-category=category.social",
          "com.liferay.portlet.instanceable=false",
          "com.liferay.portlet.scopeable=true",
          "javax.portlet.display-name=Guestbook",
          "javax.portlet.expiration-cache=0",
          "javax.portlet.init-param.template-path=/",
          "javax.portlet.init-param.view-template=/guestbookwebportlet/view.jsp",
          "javax.portlet.resource-bundle=content.Language",
          "javax.portlet.security-role-ref=power-user,user",
          "javax.portlet.supports.mime-type=text/html"
        },
        service = Portlet.class
    )
    

The com.liferay.portlet.display-category=category.social property sets the Guestbook portlet’s display category to Social. The com.liferay.portlet.instanceable=false property specifies that the Guestbook portlet is non-instanceable, so only one instance of the portlet can be added to a page. In the property javax.portlet.init-param.view-template, you also update the location of the main view.jsp to its new location in /guestbookwebportlet.

Since you edited the portlet’s metadata, you must remove and re-add the portlet to the page before continuing:

  1. Go to localhost:8080 in your web browser.

  2. Sign in to your administrative account.

  3. The Guestbook portlet now shows an error on the page. Click its portlet menu (at the top-right of the portlet), then select Remove and click OK to confirm.

  4. Open the Add menu and select Applications.

  5. Open the Social category and drag and drop the Guestbook application onto the page.

Great! Now the Guestbook portlet appears in an appropriate category. Though you were able to add it to the page before, the user experience is better.

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