Requirements

To use Tiles in your application you need:

• a Java Runtime Environment following the Java SE 6.0 specifications;
• implementations for slf4j 1.5.8 (or above) and commons-logging 1.1 (or above);
• Optionally, depending on which options and templating engines you configure:
  • a servlet container that supports Servlet 2.5 (or above) and JSP 2.1 (or above).
  • a portlet container that supports Portlet 2.0 (or above).
  • check Dependency management for a comprehensive list.

Installation

Tiles 3.0 includes a large number of optional jar files and transitive dependencies. We recommend that you use maven or a compatible dependency manager to retrieve only the files you really need.

If however you wish to install Tiles in your application by hand:

• download a distribution of Tiles;
• if you downloaded the binary distribution, unpack it;
• copy all the jar files into the classpath of your application (for instance in the WEB-INF/lib directory of your web application). In a web environment, it is not recommended to put them in a location where they are shared across the container;

Usage

If you are using Tiles for the first time, read the Tutorial.

If you are migrating from Struts-Tiles, see the Migration guide.

If you're an advanced user, you may find the details you're looking for in the reference documentation.

Examples

To see Tiles in action, there are two examples:

• The Tiles test web application, included in examples directory of the binary distribution (download it).
• The Tiles showcase, that shows Tiles features and integration with other technologies and frameworks (currently only Struts 1).

  Currently it is still under development, and you can access it through its subversion repository:

  http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tiles/examples/trunk/tiles-showcase/