Can we override the Desktop LAF for Pages using backing Files ?

Question

Hi
I have the following Look And Feel related requirement.
We have an global application level Skin which was applied at the desktop level using the .laf file.
But some of the pages require a totally different Look and Feel apart from the one defined at the desktop level.
To put the question in the other way,
Can we override the skin & skeleton defined at the Desktop level using the backing file (for page or portlet) ?
The following is the code snippet, which i used in the backing file to achive the above.
LookAndFeel lookAndFeel = LookAndFeel.getLookAndFeel(request);
lookAndFeel.setSkin(y_skin);
lookAndFeel.setSkeleton(y_skeleton);
     lookAndFeel.reinit();
Here the y_skin & y_skeleton are the new set of skin & skeletion which i have created for the page.
when i ran the above snippet in the portal framework, i found the desktop level skin is getting applied
to the pages insted of the y_skin & y_skeleton.
Any help or directions .... for dynamically changing the skin & skeletion for pages will be appreciated.
Thanks & Regards
- Sachi

Answer 1

What you are doing looks valid.
this is the code that i have
public void init(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
// Get the session from the request
HttpSession session = request.getSession();
// Get the LookAndFeel object from the PrimaryTheme in the request
LookAndFeel lookAndFeel = LookAndFeel.getLookAndFeel(request);
if (request.getParameter("defaultButton") != null)
//System.out.println("default skin selected");
session.setAttribute("skin", "default");
if (request.getParameter("textButton") != null)
//System.out.println("text skin selected");
session.setAttribute("skin", "text");
if (request.getParameter("classicButton") != null)
//System.out.println("classic skin selected");
session.setAttribute("skin", "classic");
String selectedSkin = (String) session.getAttribute("skin");
if (selectedSkin != null)
//System.out.println("setting skin and skeleton to: '" + selectedSkin + "'");
lookAndFeel.setSkin(selectedSkin);
lookAndFeel.setSkeleton(selectedSkin);
lookAndFeel.reinit();
}