The Upcoming Portlet Specification

In extension to a previous post, Distributed portals are around the corner, here is an introduction from JavaWorld to the upcoming Portlet Specification (JSR 168 – final version is planned for September 2003). This specification is broadly accepted and there is hope it will provide interoperability between portlets and portals. More than the life cycle and interface, the most interesting concepts at my taste are the use of a Portlet as controller (Model-View-Controller pattern, with an EJB as model and a JSP being the view) and the alignment with WSRP (Web Services for Remote Portlets).