ADF UIX/Struts Portlets?

Hi all,
I'm trying to deploy an ADF BC / ADF databindings / Struts / ADF UIX application as a portlet. I've found an article on deploying Struts/JSP apps as portlets ( http://portalstudio.oracle.com/pls/ops/docs/FOLDER/COMMUNITY/PDK/ARTICLES/pdkstruts/portletize-your-app.html ) and a thread on some changes you need to make to use ADF databindings ( ADF and portlets - help please ), but it looks like I'd need to do something different for UIX.
For one thing, the first article suggests using the The PDK Struts Tag Library, which I assume is a JSP tag library and so not compatible with UIX.
Does anyone have any suggestions or resources for making portlet-compatible UIX pages?
Thanks much,
Avrom

Avrom,
I figured out how to deploy ADF/JSP to the portal but there are a few issues. The biggest one is that Oracle Support does not support ADF with the JPDK. I found out the hard way:(
UIX is most likely out of the question.
Good luck,
Hernando
[email protected]

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ActionServlet             process
ActionServlet             doGet
HttpServlet               service
HttpServlet               service
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JAZNFilter                doFilter
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