Apache Tiles

What's new in Tiles 2.1

Tiles 2.1 is a completely compatible enhancement of Tiles 2.0.x. It introduces new features, while modifying the internal structure to allow an easier API usage.

New features

Tiles 2.1 introduces new features, but remaining compatible to Tiles 2.0.x. The new features are:

Anonymous nested definitions: now definitions can be put just as an attribute in an enclosing definition, without the necessity to define a new named definition to use only once.
Wildcard support: wildcards are supported:
- in XML definition files;
- when enumerating the list of Tiles definition files to load.
EL support in Tiles definition files, when specifying attributes and templates.
Ability to load Tiles 1.x definition files.
Pure Java configuration, except for the configuration of the Tiles container factory.
List attributes can now inherit members from the extending definition.
Attribute values can be cascaded to nested definitions, so the configuration is easier to write.
Ability to override the template when inserting definitions.
Customize rendering of attributes, for example to write integrations with other frameworks.
Usage of more than one Tiles container.

Under the hood

TilesApplicationContext is now created externally of the Tiles container and must be configured externally.
Tiles exceptions are all unchecked now: you can now remove all your try-catches.
Added the concept of "definition DAO" that allows loading definitions from various sources, for example a DB.

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What's new in Tiles 2.1

New features

Under the hood