> 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.
Fabrizio's FooterTag should allow you do the totals without a
TableDecorator.
I don't ever see a need for ColumnDecorators - I'd love to see them
deprecated in the future.
>
>
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> John York
> Software Engineer
> CareerSite Corporation
>
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