RE: Reference Struts HTML tags from within a custom tag? *Please help!*

["Galbreath, Mark" <Ga...@tessco.com>]

What James is suggesting is that by "dig(ging) into the source code of the
taglibs" is that you can:

1.  get an appreciation of exactly how these tags operate in the page
environment, including what other tags they recognize and can execute as
body content;

2.  modify the source code to suit your needs (not recommended) and
recompile;

3.  extend a taglib class that closely meets your needs and add the
functionality you want.

Concurrent with examining/subclassing the base classes, you will also want
to look at/modify the tag TLD file.  The great thing about open source (and
it's danger) is that you can do anything you want with it.  Try modifying
the behavior of a Micro$oft app....

Speaking of open sores [sic], what's up with all the fuss over Red Hat
owning 85 percent of the US market?

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: John Averty [mailto:john_averty@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:07 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Reference Struts HTML tags from within a custom tag?
*Please help!*


> Your best bet is to dig into the source code of the taglibs and see what
> names the beans/strings/whatever are being stored under (and the proper
> scope as well).  That way you can get a handle on anything you want.

Even if I get a handle on the tags, what do I do with it to associate them
with the ActionForm? Rendering/validation?

Sorry if the question sounds dumb; I'm a new Struts user, and I didn't get a
good handle yet.
But I'm hoping to be able to be more dynamic than what the basic use of
Struts allow: my compagny is building an application more than a portal
(permissions, roles, etc.)). I'd like to build dynamic and configurable (as
of by professional services) components to be able to modify/extend the
fields forms without them needing an understanding of Struts.

>> Check out the doco as well
doco?

Thanks,

John.


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Mitchell" <jm...@telocity.com>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>; "John
Averty" <jo...@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:56 PM
Subject: RE: Reference Struts HTML tags from within a custom tag? *Please
help!*


> Your best bet is to dig into the source code of the taglibs and see what
> names the beans/strings/whatever are being stored under (and the proper
> scope as well).  That way you can get a handle on anything you want.
>
> Check out the doco as well.  There's plenty info out there.
>
> HTH
>
> James Mitchell
> Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist
> Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network"
> http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Averty [mailto:john_averty@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:30 PM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Reference Struts HTML tags from within a custom tag? *Please
> > help!*
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to build a custom tag that would render a (dynamicly
generated)
> > list of fields.
> >
> > Is there a way for me to:
> > - get a reference to Strut's HTML tags from within a custom tag?
(assuming
> > we know which tag to get)
> > - have the html tag handle the rendering?
> > - still be able to use Strut's validation?
> >
> > Any ideas out there on how to do that? Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > John.
> >
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