Role Type Menus

Up until this point, we have only defined the reusable components which make up a menu system. Through the RoleTypeUiConfig element, we can define the menu system for a given role type, as shown in the following example:

<ModuleUiMetaModel>
	<WebInfo>
		<!-- menu actions.... -->
		<!-- menu action groups ... -->
 
		<RoleTypeUiConfig>
			<RoleTypeRef>
				<IntrinsicRoleType>PRO_BUYER</IntrinsicRoleType>
			</RoleTypeRef>
			<WebActionGroupRef name="Sample Menu"/>
			<WebActionGroupRef name="Sample module menu" module="MOD"/>
			<WebActionGroup name="Another Menu">
				<WebActionRef name="Another Action"/>
			</WebActionGroup>
		</RoleTypeUiConfig>
   
	</WebInfo>
</ModuleUiMetaModel>

As the example shows, a RoleTypeUiConfig element consists of WebActionGroupRefs and in-line WebActionGroups. The WebActionGroupRef refers to a WebActionGroup where the module attribute can be used to refer to a group defined in an MPT, as with a ModuleActionRef.

The RoleTypeUiConfig element takes the following optional attributes:

menuType: Either 'menu' or 'tree'. Defaults to 'menu'. A value of 'tree' will generate a left-hand navigation tree, whereas a value of 'menu' produces a menu above the desktop tab panel.
titleKey: An optional message bundle key for the title of the browser window.

In this example, we are referencing the intrinsic role type, PRO_BUYER, but we could also use the CustomRoleTypeName element to reference a module-defined role.