I'm not familiar enough with the HTMLtable to comment on it. I've cc'd the displaytag-devel mailing list, hopefully someone else can provide you an accurate comparison.
After looking at your HTML doc, here's a couple comments:
I added I18N support to titles in the displaytag yesterday. I haven't tested it with other languages, but since it relies on JSTL's I18N, it should work. I also added Expression support ala JSTL.
HTH,
Matt
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Srikanth Shenoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 3, 2004 10:49:43 AM MST
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DisplayTag info in my book
Hi Matt,
I am writing a book on Struts best practices and I have included a section comparing the display tag and Htmltable (http://sourceforge.net/projects/htmltable/)
I appreciate if are willing to verify if my conclusions (in the attached HTML)are correct.
Regards,
Srikanth
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Srikanth Shenoy
Objectseek Inc
http://www.objectseek.com
Cell : 312-804-4210
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Title: Table 6
Table 6.3 Feature Comparison between DisplayTag and HtmlTable
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Feature
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DisplayTag
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HtmlTable
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Display Formatting
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Very rich and customizable using CSS.
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Limited features. Formatting is based on a back end XML
file and hence not directly under page author’s control.
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Column Grouping
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Yes
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Yes
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Nested Tables
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Yes
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No
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Coding Style
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The display model should be created in advance, but the
formatting can be invoked from the JSP using hooks called decorators
Does not require controller (such as Struts or its Action).
The JSP itself can control the paging.
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The display model and its formatting should be performed in
advance (in a Action). The paging is tied to Struts. Needs a predefined
Action called ServeTableAction. Strictly MVC based.
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Paging
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Fixed style auto paging
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Fixed style auto paging
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Sorting
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Yes
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Yes
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I18N
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No. Messages can be externalized to a properties file but cannot
be localized.
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Yes. Can use Struts resource bundle
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Editable column
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No
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Yes, but form is submitted to a predefined Action. Action
chaining for custom processing can be setup with minor customization.
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Documentation and examples
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Good
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Limited
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User community
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Relatively high
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Very less
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