me too. What are the reasons for keeping TableDecorators around?
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Andy Pruitt wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > > _______________________________________________ > > displaytag-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-devel > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > displaytag-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-devel > -- John York Software Engineer CareerSite Corporation ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ displaytag-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-devel
