This is a problem with your taglib being contra to the spec I believe.
Attributes in tags must be completely runtime expressions, or completely
compile time.
Change
<foo:mytag value="view.<%= bar %>"/>
to
<foo:mytag value="<%= "view." + bar %>"/>
and it will work perfectly ;)
Mike
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> Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2000 12:08
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: taglib processing
>
>
> Hello
>
> In ScreenDefinitions.jsp in Sun's Pet Store demo (which I haven't tried
> to run), I see:
>
> <j2ee:Screen screen="<%=ScreenNames.MAIN_SCREEN%>">
>
> When I try to make my own taglib perform the same trick under Orion, the
> expression is not processed at all, and so my tag
>
> <foo:mytag value="view.<%= bar %>"/>
>
> receives the literal string "view.<%= bar %>" instead of having the
> contents of bar stuck in there.
>
> Is the order of processing configurable somewhere? Can anyone suggest
> where I'm going wrong there?
>
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