Liferay 6 Development Documentation
database such as MySQL?
[Answer] Liferay6 supports difference database. What we need to do is add DB setting in project properties.
Can be found in “Preparation-> Create a new empty project->Add project properties ” in development guide.
3. [Question] How to compile portlet using Ant in Eclipse? (Not sure if this remains valid for Liferay 6.)
[Answer] Liferay6 support compile & deploy with Ant. Can be found in “Preparation-> Create a new empty project->Change the default build.xml for deployment” in development guide.
4. [Question] How to deploy portlet using Ant in Eclipse?
[Answer] refer to question 3.
5. [Question] How to configure Liferay for SSO such as CAS?
[Answer] Support. Page 247 in
6. [Question] What will be the general debugging and troubleshooting procedures?
[Answer] Just like other Java project debug in eclipse. Developer can start server in debug mode.
7. Appendix
1. Appendix: Dynamic Query example
File path: //
Modify ProductLocalServiceImpl.java to dynamic query. package com.accentrix.ecatalog.product.service.impl; import java.util.List; import com.accentrix.ecatalog.product.model.Product; import com.accentrix.ecatalog.product.service.base.ProductLocalServiceBaseImpl; import com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery; import com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQueryFactoryUtil; Liferay 6 Development Documentation
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.PropertyFactoryUtil; import com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException; /**
* The implementation of the product local service. * @author XXX
* @see com.accentrix.ecatalog.product.service.base.ProductLocalServiceBaseImpl * @see com.accentrix.ecatalog.product.service.ProductLocalServiceUtil */
public class ProductLocalServiceImpl extends ProductLocalServiceBaseImpl { }
public int countByName(java.lang.String name) throws SystemException { }
// int count = productPersistence.countByName(name);
DynamicQuery dynamicQuery = DynamicQueryFactoryUtil.forClass(Product.class); if (name != null && name.trim().length() > 0) { }
int n = (int) super.dynamicQueryCount(dynamicQuery); return n;
dynamicQuery.add(PropertyFactoryUtil.forName(\
public List
// List
DynamicQuery dynamicQuery = DynamicQueryFactoryUtil.forClass(Product.class); if (name != null && name.trim().length() > 0) { }
// .add(PropertyFactoryUtil.forName(\// .addOrder(OrderFactoryUtil.asc(\
List
dynamicQuery.add(PropertyFactoryUtil.forName(\
2. Appendix: change browser icon
Just add a line code
Note:The head jsp of myliferayue project is top_head.jsp under ${TOMCAT_HOME}\\webapps\\ROOT\\html\\common\\themes.
3. Appendix: Add or remove column
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If you need to add or remove column please modify product_service.xml, then re-run build.xml in this path:
/myliferay-ext/docroot/WEB-INF/ext-impl/src/com/accentrix/ecatalog/product
For more detail, please refer to product_service.xml
4. Appendix: Log4j configuration
a) Create a portal-log4-ext.xml file in
/myliferay-ext/docroot/WEB-INF/ext-impl/src/META-INF
b) Change the log level of hibernate from ERROR to INFO. For example: In portal-log4j.xml:
In portal-log4-ext.xml:
(portal-log4j.xml could be found in
${TOMCAT_HOME}\\webapps\\ROOT\\WEB-INF\\lib\\portal-impl.jar)
c) Copy file log4j.dtd to
/myliferay-ext/docroot/WEB-INF/ext-impl/src/META-INF.
5. Appendix: Oracle configuration
a) Copy Oracle jar file to tomcat path
File path: ${TOMCAT_HOME}/lib/ext/ojdbc6.jar
b) Modify properties file
File path: /myliferay-ext/docroot/WEB-INF/ext-impl/src/portal-ext.properties #oracle configuration jdbc.default.driverClassName=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver jdbc.default.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.118.232:1521:HKDSE jdbc.default.username=liferay jdbc.default.password=123456 #only for the first DB create schema.run.enable=true