ZimletJSP

Setup

In order to use Zimbra Tag Library, tag library description file (tld) needs to be declared in the JSP page. The tag library is installed in the "service" webapp in /opt/zimbra/tomcat/webapps/service. The JSP page needs to be installed in the same webapp in order to use Zimbra Tag Library. tld is found at /opt/zimbra/tomcat/webapps/service/WEB-INF/zimbra.tld with the local URL of /WEB-INF/zimbra.tld.

 <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/zimbra.tld" prefix="z" %>

The following data types are available from Zimbra Tag Library.

• message
• conversation
• contact
• property
• zimletconfig

message

Returns the header value of the message specified by id and field. Or returns the entire message as raw string.

Required attributes:

• id
• field

Usage:

 <z:message id="512" field="subject"/>
 <z:message id="512" field="raw"/>

conversation

Conversation is an array of messages. Individual message can be accessed using the index attribute.

Required attributes:

• id
• index
• field

Usage:

 <z:conversation id="568" index="1" field="subject"/>

contact

Provides access to the fields of addressbook contact entries.

Required attributes:

• id
• field

Available fields:

• birthday
• callbackPhone
• carPhone
• company
• companyPhone
• department
• email
• email2
• email3
• fileAs
• firstName
• fullName
• homeCity
• homeCountry
• homeFax
• homePhone
• homePhone2
• homePostalCode
• homeState
• homeStreet
• homeURL
• initials
• jobTitle
• lastName
• middleName
• mobilePhone
• namePrefix
• nameSuffix
• nickname
• notes
• office
• otherCity
• otherCountry
• otherFax
• otherPhone
• otherPostalCode
• otherState
• otherStreet
• otherURL
• pager
• workCity
• workCountry
• workFax
• workPhone
• workPhone2
• workPostalCode
• workState
• workStreet
• workURL

Usage:

 <z:contact id="315" field="email"/>

appointment

Provides access to the fields of calendar appointment entries.

Required attributes:

• id
• field

Available fields:

• starttime (Thu May 19 17:00:00 PDT 2005)
• endtime (Thu May 19 17:00:00 PDT 2005)
• recurring (true/false)
• allday (true/false)
• name
• comment
• status
• freebusy

Usage:

 <z:appointment id="641" field="starttime"/>

property

Can be used to get/set user properties for the Zimlet.

Required attribute:

• zimlet

Usage:

First mode of usage is inline substitution

 <z:property zimlet="com_zimbra_ymap" name="url"/>

To set a property

 <z:property zimlet="com_zimbra_ymap" action="set" name="username" value="test"/>

To get all the properties in a Map

 <z:property zimlet="com_zimbra_ymap" action="list" var="propMap"/>

Then the iteration of the map will return all the properties

 <%
 Map prop = (Map) pageContext.getRequest().getAttribute("propMap");
 Iterator iter = prop.keySet().iterator();
 while (iter.hasNext()) {
     key = (String)iter.next();
     String val = (String)prop.get(key);
 }
 %>

zimletconfig

Used to access zimlet configuration.

Required attribute:

• zimlet

Usage:

To get global config

 <z:zimletconfig zimlet="com_zimbra_bugz" name="url" scope="global"/>

To get config local to the host

 <z:zimletconfig zimlet="com_zimbra_bugz" name="url" scope="local"/>

When scope is omitted, it will first look at the site config, then global config and look for the first match.

 <z:zimletconfig zimlet="com_zimbra_bugz" name="url"/>

Returns all the config in a Map.

 <z:zimletconfig zimlet="com_zimbra_bugz" action="list" var="conf"/>

 <%
 Map conf = (Map) pageContext.getRequest().getAttribute("conf");
 Map gconf = (Map) conf.get("global");
 Map lconf = (Map) conf.get("local");
 iter = gconf.keySet().iterator();
 while (iter.hasNext()) {
     key = (String)iter.next();
     String val = (String)gconf.get(key);
 }

%>