Mapping

[SP...@ixl.com]

Hi,

I know that the Struts tag library is used in place of the standard HTML
tags. Is there a document which maps the Struts tags with the HTML tags? 
Also, do all the HTML tags have a corresponding Struts tags?
Are there places when the HTML tags would be more simpler to use than the
Struts tags. The reason I ask this is because I perceive that the Struts
tags are beneficial only if they are linked to a form bean.

Sharmila Pandith
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Re: Mapping

[Ted Husted <ne...@husted.com>]

On 2/5/2001 at 4:52 PM SPandith@ixl.com wrote:

>Is there a document which maps the Struts tags with the HTML tags? 
>Also, do all the HTML tags have a corresponding Struts tags?

All HTML tags do not have a corresponding Struts tags. 

I believe all the HTML "form" tags have a corresponding tag in the HTML
library. (Until recently, this was actually called the "form" library.)

When a Struts tag can be used in place of a standard HTML tag, they
share a common name. 
 
>The reason I ask this is because I perceive that the Struts ags are
beneficial only if they are linked to a form bean.

That would be true of the set of tags nested within the html:form tag.
The others, like base and link, which are useful without being linked
to a form bean. 

We are lacking a HTML Tag Library guide, which I will put on my list.
This is where the documentation you have in mind would be located.
Everything you need to know is documented by the Tag Library Reference,
but it doesn't really lay it out like a tutorial.

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