protected IUserLayoutChannelDescription createUserLayoutChannelDescription( String nodeId, IPortletDefinition chanDef) { IUserLayoutChannelDescription ulnd = new UserLayoutChannelDescription(); ulnd.setId(nodeId); ulnd.setName(chanDef.getName()); ulnd.setUnremovable(true); ulnd.setImmutable(true); ulnd.setHidden(false); ulnd.setTitle(chanDef.getTitle()); ulnd.setDescription(chanDef.getDescription()); ulnd.setChannelPublishId("" + chanDef.getPortletDefinitionId().getStringId()); ulnd.setChannelTypeId("" + chanDef.getType().getId()); ulnd.setFunctionalName(chanDef.getFName()); ulnd.setTimeout(chanDef.getTimeout()); Set<IPortletDefinitionParameter> parms = chanDef.getParameters(); for (IPortletDefinitionParameter parm : parms) { ulnd.setParameterValue(parm.getName(), parm.getValue()); } return ulnd; }