Re: new template tag framework

[Cedric dumoulin <ce...@lifl.fr>]

  Sorry for this late answer, I was far away from a computer for near three weeks
(somewhere in the tropics ...).

  Sure, I do not object to integrate part or whole of Components proposal, and I am
open to any discussion to improve it.

 I have designed Components to be able to build pages by assembling "independent"
and "reusable" pieces of jsp code. Later I have unified Components syntax with
David's Template in order to not provide another tool, and because David’s Template
has already been adopted. Now, components can be seen as an extended template
proposal. It is an additional taglib that you can use if you need provided features.

  It uses some Struts utilities, but doesn't rely on Struts. The provided servlet
extends the Struts one, in order to be able to "catch" include calls from Struts,
and reroute them if needed. Provided servlet could be simplified if Struts servlet
provide such a hook. May be one day ... It is the only intrusion in Struts.

  Cedric


David Geary wrote:

> I think this is a good idea. In a couple of weeks, I'll have some time to
> integrate it, unless someone objects.
>
> david
>
> "Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
>
> > "Deadman, Hal" wrote:
> >
> > > I just tried out this Components extension to Struts and I like how it
> > > allows you centralize the template component definitions in an xml file and
> > > that it allows you to extend a template component and just override the
> > > parts that are different. Are there any plans for adopting this as part of
> > > Struts? It appears the authors would like it to be part of struts. Has it
> > > been voted down or is it being put off until after the 1.0 release?
> > >
> >
> > It certainly won't be added to 1.0 at this point.  For 1.1, I'm certainly open
> > to cool additions, and will be looking at this one closely.
> >
> > >
> > > Hal
> > >
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nathan@guppy.pond.net [mailto:nathan@guppy.pond.net]On Behalf Of
> > > Nathan Eric Probst
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 2:13 AM
> > > To: struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: new template tag framework
> > >
> > > Check out the Components extention to Struts:
> > > http://gauss.ficsgrp.com/cdm
> > >
> > > nathan
> > >
> > > Quoc Le wrote:
> > >
> > > > The struts-template example implements a "C-Frame"  using
> > > > the new template tag framework.  I was a little disappointed
> > > > to find, though, that each new page inserted inside the
> > > > C-Frame requires 2 jsp/html files.  (One jsp to use the template
> > > > jsp and another html/jsp file to hold the content - options.jsp
> > > > and options.html for example).
> > > >
> > > > It would be nice if there were a way to have variable content
> > > > inside the C-Frame without having to create 2 new pages
> > > > for each new page.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know of an easy way to do this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Quoc Le