Yes prefect
And you mean by argX:
<bean:message key="foo.bar" name="aBean" argx="argX"/>
and argX returns a ArrayList of all the arguments there are.
Prefect solution got my vote!!
johan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:40 AM
Subject: RE: BeanMessage Tag proposal
> I would also like a similar change but would prefer it if the 'argX'
> variables also worked with the defined bean.
>
> For example it would be nice if I could replace something like this:
>
> <bean:message key="foo.bar" arg0="<%= aBean.getArg0()%>"/>
>
> with this:
>
> <bean:message key="foo.bar" name="aBean" arg0="arg0"/>
>
> If the name attribute is not present the tag would still work as it
> currently does.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Johan Compagner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 16 March 2001 12:50
> > To: Struts-User; Struts-Dev
> > Subject: BeanMessage Tag proposal
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > When setting the args (arg0,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4)
> > you must do this:
> > <bean:message key="foo.foo.foo" arg0="foo1" arg1="foo2"/>
> >
> > But i think it is very rare that you know exactly at design
> > time of the jsp
> > what value there must be. Because if you do then why not set
> > it directly in
> > the message it self?
> >
> > So it is almost any time a runtime expression.
> > But then i must do things like this:
> >
> > <bean:define id="argstring1" value="totalautotheft"/>
> > <bean:define id="argstring2" value="autotheft"/>
> > <bean:define id="insurance" name="carinsurance" scope="session"
> > type="nl.topicus.thema.DynamicForm"/>
> > <bean:message key="prompt.advise.wacasco" arg0="<%=
> > insurance.getProperty(argstring1).toString() %>" arg1="<%=
> > insurance.getProperty(argstring2).toString() %>"/>
> >
> >
> > I must define
> > <bean:define id="argstring1" value="totalautotheft"/>
> > because i can't do this:
> > <bean:message arg0="<%=
> > insurance.getProperty("totalautotheft").toString()
> > %>"
> >
> > I find this a bug of the Tomcat parser if you ask me. Because
> > if he sees
> > that it is a reqexpr (<%=)
> > then it should first find the %> before looking at the closing "!!
> >
> > Because if these problems i wanted to find a solution
> > Why is is not possible that i get the Object[] from a name/property???
> > Then the BeanTag is also not limmited to only 5 args
> >
> > My example for the above one:
> >
> > <app:message key="prompt.advise.wacasco" (arg)name="insurance"
> > (arg)property="wacascoObjects"/>
> >
> > and the insurance.getWacascoObjects() does return the
> > Object[] for that
> > string:
> > object[0] = insurance.getProperty("totalautotheft");
> > object[1] = insurance.getProperty("autotheft");
> > return object;
> >
> > Johan Compagner
> >
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