How to change the skin dynamically

Question

Hi
I have six projects in my application.so each project has trinidad.xml file for Skin configuration. My problem is if I changed the skin at one project it should reflect in all other projects .
When I moved from one .jxpx in a project to another one .jspx in another project within the application the skin need to be set in Trindad-config.xml file
Can u plz post your ideas?????

Answer 1

Thanks for your reply Frank,
Actually Im following the steps you have mentioned,
1.I used selectOneChoice in a .jspx file in the 2nd project to set the skins in the database using the managed beans
2.In the managed bean itself I tried to set in the trindad-config.xml file by setting in the following EL #{sessionScope.skinFamily} and used to refresh the page by redirecting to that particular URL.I have given the following code used in the managed bean
String skin;
public void changeSkin(ValueChangeEvent valueChangeEvent) {
this.skin = (String)valueChangeEvent.getNewValue();
int result = 0;
CommonAppModuleImpl appModuleImpl =
(CommonAppModuleImpl)BackingUtils.getApplicationModuleForDataControl("CommonAppModuleDataControl");
result = appModuleImpl.updateSkin(this.skin);
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
if (result == 1) {
ELContext elContext = context.getELContext();
ExpressionFactory ef =
context.getApplication().getExpressionFactory();
ValueExpression ve =
ef.createValueExpression(elContext, "#{sessionScope.skinFamily}",
Object.class);
ve.setValue(elContext, skin);
} else {
System.out.println("*****Skin value did not change in DB*****");
String currentView = context.getViewRoot().getViewId();
String actionUrl =
context.getApplication().getViewHandler().getActionURL(context,
currentView);
try {
ExternalContext eContext = context.getExternalContext();
String resourceUrl = actionUrl;
eContext.redirect(resourceUrl);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.err.println("Problem trying to reload the page:");
ioe.printStackTrace();
3.While Im moving from some1.jspx file in the 2nd project to some6.jspx file in 5th project,
I used the following steps,
In the beforePhase() of the some6.jspx, I called a managed bean and retrived the skin value from the database and set it in the EL but It will not reflect in the trindad-config.xml because when we hit any URL in the project then only the xml files configured.
But while Im trying in the __onLoad()_ in the pageListener controller class_ it works.
this works fine..
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this works fine..
But now my problem_ is In my some2.jspx file in 2nd project Im using four panelBox ,in these panel box they used to call the some4.jspx file in the 4th project as inline frame by some URL[] methods.As a beginner I dont know about that.can you please give me Idea about this method
the follwing InlineFrame is used in the panelBox
<af:inlineFrame id="iframe1"
shortDesc="#{bindings.PanelTitleList.items[1].label}"
source="#{url[bindings.PanelUrlList.items[1].label]}" //please note this source url[] method
styleClass="Panel"
partialTriggers="refreshLink1"/>
can you please give me information about this url[[] method
Thanks in Advance,
Felix