IBM Eclipse HelpAdvisor Service (IEHS) is a customized portlet service in IBM WebSphere Portal Server. The service displays a Help topic in a pop-up window by using the Eclipse Help System Web Infocenter UI for JavaTM Specification Request (JSR) portlets. The topic is shown by use of the user's preferred locale from their WebSphere Portal user profile. 

IEHS is composed of the following components:

HelpAdvisor Service interface. Defines the functionality that the service will provide and extends the com.ibm.portal.service.PortletService interface (see listing 1). This service ensures there is only one HelpAdvisor instance, shared among all portlets.

Table of Contents
1 Overview of IBM Eclipse HelpAdvisor Service
2 How IEHS works when a portlet calls its Help
3 How IEHS can be integrated by an application
4 Conclusion
5 Tell us what you think
6 Resources
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