Yet Another Tridion Blog

In my previous post Creating a DXA Java Module , I started presenting the steps for creating the Tridion items on the Content Manager needed for the new DXA module. In this current post, I present the Java code and configuration for having the DXA module run in a web-application. I wrote my code as a separate JAR using IntelliJ and then running the DXA v1.5 web-application on Tomcat as part of the standard DXA reference implementation project dxa-web-application-java  (available in GIT at https://github.com/sdl/dxa-web-application-java/tree/release/1.5 ). What follows are the steps on how to create the DXA Java module classes and configurations. 1. Create the IntelliJ Emerald Module In IntelliJ, create a new Java Module and enable Maven for it. Add the following dependencies in its pom.xml file: <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId> com.sdl.dxa </groupId> <artifactId> dxa-common-api </artifactId>...

In my previous blog post Troubleshoot a DXA Java Module , I presented a solution for a very specific issue with loading a DXA Java module. Then I had the idea for this blog post -- write a short tutorial on how to write a DXA module. What follows are the steps to create a new DXA Java module (I am using DXA v1.5). In this post, I present the Content Manager items needed for the new module. In fact, these are the minimum items and properties needed for having a new working DXA module. In next post Creating a DXA Java Module (part 2) , I present the Java code and configuration needed to run the new DXA module in a web-application. 1. Create a New Module in Tridion Content Manager I am using DXA reference implementation, and I created a new module called Emerald, next to the Core module of the reference implementation. Create the following Tridion folder structure starting from Folder Emerald : 2. Create Module Configuration Component In Folder Admin , create new Componen...