How is browse.jsp redirected to forums.jsp for forums?

[davidpisaac]

Anybody know how the JSF navigation uses the correct page for a forum space?  Neither the browse.jsp nor BrowseBean seem to make any reference to the node's type, but somehow the navigation outcome is altered.

[frederick]

Hi,

These navigation overrides are defined in web-client-config-navigation.xml:

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="fm:forums">
      <navigation>
         <override from-view-id="/jsp/browse/browse.jsp" to-view-id="/jsp/forums/forums.jsp" />
         <override from-outcome="browse" to-view-id="/jsp/forums/forums.jsp" />
         <override from-outcome="showSpaceDetails" to-view-id="/jsp/forums/forums-details.jsp" />
      </navigation>
   </config>
   
   <config evaluator="node-type" condition="fm:forum">
      <navigation>
         <override from-view-id="/jsp/browse/browse.jsp" to-view-id="/jsp/forums/forum.jsp" />
         <override from-outcome="browse" to-view-id="/jsp/forums/forum.jsp" />
         <override from-outcome="showSpaceDetails" to-view-id="/jsp/forums/forum-details.jsp" />
      </navigation>
   </config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Regards,

[davidpisaac]

Frederick- Thank you!!
I was assuming the navigation override had to be through an action, rather than just page flow.

[kevinr]

As well as action page flow, navigation can be based on node type, aspect on a node or any custom thing if you write a config evaluator class for it. It's very useful

Thanks,

Kevin