Is this a bug? html:image tag rewriting src attribute

[James JKE95 Kerridge <jk...@qantas.com.au>]

Hi,

I am using the <html:image> tag and I notice that if I open a new browser 
and access the page with the image tag I get an error (i.e. internet 
explorer says ! Done but with errors in the bottom left of the status 
bar.) Also the image doesn't load correctly.

On inspection I notice that:

<html-el:image src="/img/buttons/bt_login.gif" border="0" alt="Login" 
value="submit" styleClass="noborders"/>

has been rendered as:

<input type="image" name="" 
src="/img/buttons/bt_login.gif;tradesiteCookie=1ONMXOfhMCOFHsDOnWH1KDVxGoPXSJPwjfLxB8B1O9sOZJxHC2VH!-549145099!170064848!7001!7002" 
border="0" value="submit" class="noborders" alt="Login">

Notice that the src attribute's URL has been rewritten to include the 
tradesite cookie. The source code confirms this is the intention.

I don't think this is correct. I can understand why the URL should be 
rewritten on the form tag and also links but why would it be done for a 
URL of a graphic?

Should I raise this as a bug or am I misunderstanding a fundamental of web 
development here.

Note this also happens for the img tag.

To fix this I have used plain html for the image tag, but I would like to 
use the struts tags because they are fantastic!

Cheers

James

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