WebSphere Portal Server - Re: Getting Portlet instanceId

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Re: Getting Portlet instanceId

2004-07-18, 5:56 pm

Yeah, I ran into this same problem trying to create an hashtable instance variable for a portlet. I dug around in the portal jars, decompiled classes and still couldn't find anything.
I finally resolved to use the portlet title as the unique key. Yes, I know that when you clone a portlet they have the same name but, let's face it, have the same title for two separate portlet clones is not too bright. After installing the original portl
et, I make clones for all the instantiations. I never put the original on a page just the clones. Each of the clones has an unique title since each one is configured slightly different.