Yes, that is exactly what I intended.
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Martin Cooper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oleg V Alexeev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: Proposed enhancement to <bean:message>
> Hello Martin,
>
> +1
>
> I think it must work at standard struts way -
>
> <bean:message name="myBean"/>
> <bean:message name="myBean" property="myKeyProperty"/>
>
> and existing one -
>
> <bean:message key="myForm"/>
>
> Tuesday, June 19, 2001, 9:49:56 AM, you wrote:
>
> MC> I posted this a few weeks ago as a patch, when it should more properly
have
> MC> been a proposal. Here, then, is the proposal:
>
> MC> A problem with the current <bean:message> tag is that the only way to
> MC> specify the message resource key dynamically is by using a JSP
expression.
> MC> This leads to the use of the following pattern:
>
> MC> <bean:define id="myKey" name="myForm" property="myKeyProperty"
> MC> type="java.lang.String"/>
> MC> <bean:message key="<%= myKey %>"/>
>
> MC> An alternative is to have the Action look up the key and set the
resulting
> MC> string value in the property for use on the JSP page via <bean:write>.
This
> MC> doesn't feel right, because the responsibility for looking up the
> MC> appropriately localized text is then divided between the Action and
the JSP
> MC> page.
>
> MC> By enhancing the <bean:message> tag to allow it to obtain the message
> MC> resource key from a bean property, we can simplify the above example
to:
>
> MC> <bean:message name="myForm" property="myKeyProperty"/>
>
> MC> Here, the 'name' and 'property' attributes are used to obtain the
message
> MC> resource key from a bean. That key is then used as if it had been
specified
> MC> using the 'key' attribute.
>
> MC> I believe this proposal would enhance the i18n functionality of Struts
by
> MC> allowing dynamic specification of messages, while delegating the
resolution
> MC> of the actual message text to the view.
>
> MC> Comments?
>
> MC> --
> MC> Martin Cooper
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> --
> Best regards,
> Oleg mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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