On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Kirkdorffer, Daniel wrote:
> <rant>
>
> This reminds me, I've never liked this new syntax for the DISPLAY tag
>
> <DISPLAY PROPERTY="[beanname:+]property" PLACEHOLDER="substitutevalue">
>
> What I don't like is the use of colons (:) rather than periods (.). The
> spec says it "helps distinguish this naming convention from Java syntax." I
> don't see why that is necessary. For consistency sake using periods would
> be more intuitive to a Java developer and make no difference to an HTML
> developer. These are "Java" Server Pages after all. This looks more like
> C++ Server Pages.
>
> </rant>
I agree. Using dots would also make this look more like the Document
Object Model, which references properties and objects using dots (ex.
"window.document.body.table[1]") and which is familiar to most web
designers.
>
> Dan
>
> > ----------
> > From: h wulfson[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Reply To: h wulfson
> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 12:02 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Accessing "internal" beans
> >
> > How about <DISPLAY property=login:user:name>
> > At least, that's .92 syntax. I don't know
> > .91 syntax.
> >
> > -Harris
> >
> >
> > --- Doug Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > After experimenting a little with JSP, I think it
> > > is
> > > > possible to use Model 1 with good results by using
> > > > only one bean per JSP page. This bean makes
> > > references
> > > > to other more general data entity beans.
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I actually use this approach. The "Login" session
> > > bean acts as a
> > > class factory for all other classes used. So, it has
> > > methods
> > > such as getUser(), etc., to get the other "beans."
> > >
> > > These are indeed Beans in all respects except that
> > > the constructor
> > > has only one instantiation: Constructor(Login) - to
> > > enforce login
> > > privlidges.
> > >
> > > I would like to have a JSP <BEAN> set of tags which
> > > says:
> > >
> > > <BEAN TYPE="net.company.User" NAME="user"
> > > SOURCE="login.getUser()">
> > >
> > > So that the later <DISPLAY...> type tags can use it
> > > as a bean.
> > >
> > > Right now, I'm stuck with
> > >
> > > <% net.company.User user = login.getUser(); %>
> > >
> > > And lots of
> > >
> > > <%= user.getName() %>
> > >
> > > type tags...
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
> >
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