Solution

Solution

Create and register a BreadCrumbDelegate Java class with an inner class that extends AbstractBreadCrumbGenerator to display the breadcrumbs.

Prerequisite Knowledge

To create the necessary breadcrumb classes you will need an understanding of the Java programming language.

Solution Elements

Element	Type	Description
BreadCrumbController	Java class	The controller class that receives AJAX requests for bread crumbs. It returns a response that is the string form of a JSON array of crumbs.
BreadCrumbDelegateFactory	Java class	A factory used by the BreadCrumbController to locate a BreadCrumbDelegate capable of producing the breadcrumbs for a given page.
BreadCrumbDelegate	Java interface	A delegate that contains an inner AbstractBreadCrumbGenerator class and that knows which pages the generator class can produce bread crumbs for.
AbstractBreadCrumbGenerator	Java class	A subclass of this base class creates the breadcrumbs for a page.
*.wt.properties.xconf	Properties xconf file	Contains the property “com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.breadcrumb.BreadCrumbDelgate” that lists all available BreadCrumbDelegates.

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