Get programmatically all the portlets associated to a desktop

Question

Hi,
I need to create a desktop programmatically and then change the value of a portlet preferences in every portlet of the desktop I just created.
I create my desktop like this :
DesktopDefinition def = desktopDefinitionControl.createDesktopFromPortalFile("myAppWeb/test.portal", "VisitorDesktop", "Visitor description",
"myAppWeb", new PortalPath("portal"), new DesktopPath("visitorDesktop"), CustomizationContext.DISASSEMBLER_ACCEPT_TEMPLATE,
ResourceContext.createResourceContext(this.getRequest(), true));
and it works fine. I now need to get all the portlets of this desktop and modify a specific portlet preference.
Is there a way to get all the portlets from a desktop ??
Thx for your help,
Guillaume
(I use Weblogic Portal 10.0)

Answer 1

No, there's no way to get all the portlets in a given desktop with one call. You'll have to recursively drill down starting with the main book and get the portlets for each page. Using the desktop control, you can grab the DesktopView, which gives you access to everything contained in the desktop. Using the DesktopView, you can then get the main BookView, and then recursively work down through each contained Book/PageView to get to each PortletView.
If you have a known set and/or small number of portlets to act on, you could also use the DesktopView.getPortletViewRecursive() call, which will return you the PortletView for any instance you specify, no matter where it is in the portal.
Jeff