I thinkt the only thing decorators do that you can't do with a simple
column body is the summary row at the bottom when using callbacks. See
http://www.displaytag.org/example-callbacks.jsp for an example.
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Paul McCulloch wrote:
> Since the addition of the implicit row object in 1.0-b1 I've replaced all my
> ColumnDecorators with code in the body of the <column>tag. I think this is a
> far nicer approach - I can create a custom tag to do any custom formatting &
> re-use the tag anywhere - not just inside a <table>.
>
> You can use this approach to solve the problem you mention with the jstl:
>
> <display:column sort="true">
> <fmt:formatDate value="${current.dateLogged}" type="date"
> dateStyle="SHORT" timeStyle="SHORT"/>
> </display:column>
>
> Does anyone have any examples of formatting that can be done with a column
> decorator, but not via column body?
>
> Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 07 November 2003 03:38
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [displaytag-devel] ColumnDecorator
>
>
> One use of the ColumnDecorator (a good addition) is to format dates
> correctly according to the locale of the user. In order for the locale
> information to be available to the decorator, a reference to the request
> object needs to be available, correct? Would it make sense to extend the
> ColumnDecorator class with a method for passing a reference to the
> request object? This could be called once at class initialization.
>
> Comments?
>
>
>
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John York
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CareerSite Corporation
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