Creating an External Application as a portlet

I created an External application provider and added it to a portlet in my portal page. This was done successfully, displaying a link to my external application and did the mapping at the first time with the SSO user.
What I need to know is whether my external application can be implemented as a portlet itself (not a link) or not.
If anyone has an idea, please share.
Thank you

Ayman,
The easiest way to integrate External Applications as a Portlet (ie displayed in situ) is by using the URL service Portlet. This also has the option of "In-Line" rendering which will allow any deep-links to be routed back through the URL service provider. (means that as you drill into the application it stays in the portlet rather than opening a new window). See the documentation on the URL services function in the PDK section of http://portalcenter.oracle.com

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package com.cox.portal.provider;
import oracle.portal.provider.v2.*;
import oracle.portal.provider.v2.http.*;
import oracle.portal.provider.v2.externalApp.*;
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