I have included two things below:
[1] The table definition as requested
[2] A snippet from a custom class that I wrote as explained next.
(Quick disclaimer: I am using JAR 1.1.1 though I did try to drop test
the latest version of the JAR. The rest of this email refers to the
source code which I got off one of the web source repositories, Koders
Search, and I have not done complete due diligence in reconciling
versions of code to JAR.)
So basically I feel that I have verified the behavior at least. As my
original email states, it seems you can only use properties that belong
to the underlying object. I guess that is fine for now as long as I
understand that. It does not seem as useful but at least I know what to
expect.
So, for what it is worth, I have at least solved my problem temporarily
by writing a custom Decorator modeled after the total decorator in the
JAR. I ended up overriding the evaluate method from the base Decorator
class which I included in [2] below. It is pretty simple and it seems
to work though I have not done a lot of testing against it. I will
update this thread if I find out more.
I am still curious as to the take that others have on this "feature".
My observations are not really a complaint, just trying to flush out my
own understanding and contribute to the process of open-source. If I
get to spend much more time on this I may even post a proposed patch or
something. J
Thanks all.
Attachment 1:
[Note: I know that these have a body and a property. A mere artifact
of the various things I tried along the way. From my testing,
apparently the property value trumps the tag body so it is merely
"misleading" and does not cause a bug.]
<display:table
htmlId="displaytable"
decorator="totalsDecorator"
export="false"
requestURI="home.kpe" excludedParams="*"
cellpadding="5px" cellspacing="0px"
name="contractList" uid="contract"
>
<display:column title="Contract" sortable="false"
sortProperty="contractNo"><span
title="${contract.contractDesc}">${contract.contractNo}</span></display:
column>
<display:column title="Deliv." sortable="false"
class="alignRight" property="reviewTime"
total="true"
format="{0,number,integer}">${fn:length(contract.delivs)}</display:colum
n>
<display:column title="Pending" sortable="false"
class="alignRight borderLeft alertInfoBg" property="projId"
total="true"
format="{0,number,integer}">${exp:getCountPendingDeliverables(contract)}
</display:column>
<display:column title="Waiting" sortable="false"
class="alignRight borderLeft alertMinorBg" property="vendorId"
total="true"
format="{0,number,integer}">${exp:getCountWaitingDeliverables(contract)}
</display:column>
<display:column title="Due" sortable="false"
class="alignRight borderLeft alertMajorBg" property="disciplineId"
total="true" format="{0,number,integer}">-</display:column>
<display:column title="Late" sortable="false"
class="alignRight borderLeft alertCriticalBg" property="assignedFl"
total="true"
format="{0,number,integer}">${exp:getCountLateDeliverables(contract)}</d
isplay:column>
<display:column title="Received" sortable="false"
class="alignRight borderLeft alertMinorBg" property="leadId"
total="true"
format="{0,number,integer}">${exp:getCountReceivedDeliverables(contract)
}</display:column>
<display:column title="Complete" sortable="false"
class="alignRight borderLeft alertNormalBg" property="altLeadId"
total="true"
format="{0,number,integer}">${exp:getCountCompleteDeliverables(contract)
}</display:column>
</display:table>
Attachment 2:
[Note: CheckedExceptionWrapper is a custom class that we use.]
public Object evaluate(String name) {
Object o = null; // super.evaluate(name);
if (this.hasGetterFor(name)) {
try {
o = LookupUtil.getBeanProperty(this, name);
} catch (ObjectLookupException e) {
throw new CheckedExceptionWrapper(name, e);
}
} else {
// else check underlining object
o = super.evaluate(name);
}
return o;
}
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