Default Gadgets:

• Calendar

  The calendar gadget allows you to switch easily between daily, monthly and yearly views. Also, this gadget is customizable to match your portal's theme.
  

• ToDo

  This application helps you organize your day and work group. It is designed to keep track of your tasks in a convenient and transparent way. Tasks can be highlighted with different colors.
  

• Calculator

  This mini-application lets you perform the most basic arithmetic operations and can be themed to match the rest of your portal.
  

• RSS Reader

  An RSS reader, or aggregator collects content from various, user-specified feed sources and displays them in one location. This content can include, but is not limited to, news headlines, blog posts or email. The RSS Reader gadget displays this content in a single window on your Portal page.

• More Gadgets

  Further gadgets can be obtained from the Google Gadget site. GateIn 3.2 is compatible with most of the gadgets available here.

  The following sections require more textual information.

Existing Gadgets

Create a new Gadget

Remote Gadget

This is the reference to a remote gadget (stock one).

Gadget Importing

After referencing the gadget successfully, you can import it into the local repository.

Gadget Web Editing

Modify it from the Web where the Gadget was imported:

Gadget IDE Editing

Edit it from your IDE thanks to the WebDAV protocol:

Dashboard Viewing

View it from the Dashboard when you drag and drop the Gadget from listing to the dashboard.

Standard WebApp for Gadget importer

In GateIn 3.2, you can create a WebApp folder to contain the configuration of the list of gadgets which are automatically added to the Application Registry.

This section shows you how to create a WebApp which has a standard structure processed by the Gadget importer.

<web-app>
  <display-name>eXoGadgets</display-name>

  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>GateInServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.gatein.wci.api.GateInServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>GateInServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/gateinservlet</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

</web-app>

 <gadgets
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.gatein.org/xml/ns/gatein_objects_1_0 http://www.gatein.org/xml/ns/gadgets_1_0"
    xmlns="http://www.gatein.org/xml/ns/gadgets_1_0">

	<gadget name="To-do">
		<path>/gadgets/Todo/Todo.xml</path>
	</gadget>

	<gadget name="Calendar">
		<path>/gadgets/Calendar/Calendar.xml</path>
	</gadget>

	<gadget name="Calculator">
		<path>/gadgets/Calculator/Calculator.xml</path>
	</gadget>

	<gadget name="rssAggregator">
		<path>/gadgets/rssAggregator/rssAggregator.xml</path>
	</gadget>

  <gadget name="Currency">
    <url>http://www.donalobrien.net/apps/google/currency.xml</url>
  </gadget>

  <gadget name="ServicesManagement">
    <path>/gadgets/ServicesManagement/ServicesManagement.xml</path>
  </gadget>
</gadgets>