Dynamically Changing stylesheets and images of B2B application

Question

Hello All,
We have a requirement to dynamically  change the stylesheets and images of B2B application based on Country  US or UK of the logged-in user.
On looking into B2B source code, we identified  that stylesheets are defined in init-config.xml , ExtendedInitStyleHandler, BrowserType, ExtendedStyleManager, java classes are used.
Can  anyone  provide suggestions how this can be achieved?
Thanks,
Raj

Answer 1

What you are trying to achieve is not a simple task. It is better to put some thought and resources to build what yuo need. There is no out-of-the-box way to change the stylesheet dynamically.
Would it be a feasible option
No. But technically you can have your own tag with another parameter to specify the country and you can have custom logic to add the right stylesheet.
The class ExtendedInitStyleHandler initializes the application with the list of stylesheets defined in the init-config.xml and any extensions in the /xcm/customer/modification/initconfig.xml
It is the tag <isa:stylesheets/> that adds the stylesheet(s) to the JSP and class StyleSheetsTag uses ExtendedStyleManager
Try this out. Just prior to placing the tag <isa:stylesheets>, use the following class, methods and code in <% Java scriptlet  %>
public class ExtendedStyleManager;
public static Iterator getStyles();
public static void clear(); and
public static void addStyleSheet(StyleSheet style);
1. read the current styles (getStyles()),
2. keep a copy of the safe,
3. Clear the list (clear()),
4. Add your country specific stylesheet();
5. Add rest of the styles you need from the saved list
6. <isa:stylesheets/>
It is possible to write a custom tag lib too with the above logic and a country - parameter and use the custom tag in place of the isa tag.