Portlet Communication Arrangements, Portlet Containers, Methods of Communicating Between Portlets, and Methods of Managing Portlet Communication Arrangements Within a Portal

摘要

A portlet communication arrangement includes a first portlet associated with a first application, and a second portlet associated with a second application which is different than the first application. The portlet communication arrangement also includes a mapping system for allowing the first portlet to communicate with the second portlet and for allowing the second portlet to communicate with the first portlet. For example, the first portlet may include a first parameter associated with a particular type of data, the second portlet may include a second parameter associated with the particular type of data, and the mapping system may include a database that includes the first parameter, the second parameter, and a shared parameter namespace associated with the particular type of data. Moreover, the mapping system may be configured to map the first parameter and the second parameter to the shared parameter namespace to allow the first portlet to communicate with the second portlet and to allow the second portlet to communicate with the first portlet.