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Posted to users@tiles.apache.org by Steven Lee <st...@comcast.net> on 2008/10/25 12:15:21 UTC
How to make Java variables accessible across Tiles attribute
I am converting a web-based application to use Tiles. The application
has Java code embedded in the JSP pages. The general template is
something like the following which I've simplified:
<html>
<head>
<tiles:insertAttribute name="head" />
</head>
<body>
<tiles:insertAttribute name="content" />
</body>
</html>
Here is a sample JSP.
<tiles:insertTemplate template="/layouts/main.jsp" flush="true">
<tiles:putAttribute name="head" type="string">
<%
String tmp = "JSP Test";
%>
</tiles:putAttribute>
<tiles:putAttribute name="content" type="string">
<p><%= tmp %></p>
</tiles:putAttribute>
</tiles:insertTemplate>
This won't compile because the Tile attribute 'content' doesn't have
access to the 'tmp' variable defined in another Tiles attribute.
Looking at the generated Java code, the output of each Tile attribute is
within a do { } construct. Is there a way to make all Java variables
accessible within the JSP page as I had before using Tiles?
-Steven
Re: How to make Java variables accessible across Tiles attribute
Posted by Antonio <an...@gmail.com>.
2008/10/25 Steven Lee <st...@comcast.net>:
> <tiles:putAttribute name="head" type="string">
> <%
> String tmp = "JSP Test";
> %>
> </tiles:putAttribute>
>
> <tiles:putAttribute name="content" type="string">
> <p><%= tmp %></p>
> </tiles:putAttribute>
The "tmp" variable is visible only inside the first
<tiles:putAttribute> tag. This is a JSP specification. Simply specify
the "tmp" variable in a place that is visible to both tags.
Antonio
Re: How to make Java variables accessible across Tiles attribute
Posted by Ken Bowen <kb...@als.com>.
This looks like it would better to ask on the Tiles mailing list: http://tiles.apache.org/mail.html
(bottom of page to subscribe).
On Oct 25, 2008, at 6:15 AM, Steven Lee wrote:
> I am converting a web-based application to use Tiles. The
> application has Java code embedded in the JSP pages. The general
> template is something like the following which I've simplified:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <tiles:insertAttribute name="head" />
> </head>
> <body>
> <tiles:insertAttribute name="content" />
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
> Here is a sample JSP.
>
> <tiles:insertTemplate template="/layouts/main.jsp" flush="true">
> <tiles:putAttribute name="head" type="string">
> <%
> String tmp = "JSP Test";
> %>
> </tiles:putAttribute>
>
> <tiles:putAttribute name="content" type="string">
> <p><%= tmp %></p>
> </tiles:putAttribute>
> </tiles:insertTemplate>
>
>
> This won't compile because the Tile attribute 'content' doesn't have
> access to the 'tmp' variable defined in another Tiles attribute.
> Looking at the generated Java code, the output of each Tile
> attribute is within a do { } construct. Is there a way to make all
> Java variables accessible within the JSP page as I had before using
> Tiles?
>
> -Steven
>