I've just seen the commits by Andy in cvs: the filter added to solve the export problem requires servlet api 2.3 and brokes compatibility with any j2ee 1.2 container.
We have worked a lot to preserve compatibility with the previous version of the taglib and this change introduce a major incompatibility problem. Compatibility with j2ee 1.2 containers is, from my point of view, absolutely required (well, at least I need to make it work on an applications running on websphere 4, that was the reason why I initially joined the project and I still developing and testing on such environment). Since we always kept compatibility with jsp 1.1 and servlet 2.2 I don't think we should move now to servlet 2.3: displaytag should compile and run also on tomcat 3, websphere 4 or any other non j2ee 1.3 server. We are distributing a 2.2 webapp, with a 1.1 tld, what is the purpose of keeping the 1.1 tld if the library requires 1.2?? I know the filter is a good solution to the export problem but I prefer not to have it in the main codebase. My proposals are: - add another module/source directory and keep a different build with a j2ee 1.3 version of the taglib (1.2 tld, filter, and a subclassed version of the table tag to work with the filter). Simple solution, but requires some work with the build scripts, this is not easy to accomplish using maven - find another solution for the export problem... my original idea was to implement a container tag which can works in a way similar to the filter, avoiding commit of the response if a specific parameter is found. Requires some testing, but could fix the problem also for people using older appserver and simplify the build. Any thought, any vote? Andy, do you think we can remove the just added filter reverting to servlet api 2.2 and follow one of these directions? fabrizio ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ displaytag-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-devel
