On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Karr, David wrote:
> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:42:07 -0500
> From: "Karr, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 'Struts Developers List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Nested taglib with EL?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 9:30 AM
> > To: Struts Developers List
> > Subject: Re: Nested taglib with EL?
>
> > Personally, I'd suggest not trying to support "partial
> > references" in the
> > struts-el library similar to what the nested taglib can do.
> > We would have
> > to define the semantics of this ourselves, which is unlikely to be
> > compatible with whatever does finally happen on the
> > standardization front.
>
> If you're referring to what I think you are, I would unfortunately agree. I
> started down this path when I started thinking about Struts-EL, when I
> thought about how I could "replace" the "name/property" system with pure EL
> references. I discovered that the JSTL support library allowed me to
> evaluate expressions in a "context" which I could somewhat define. However,
> I ultimately concluded that this was impractical, and the best thing that
> Struts-EL could do was simply to evaluate individual attribute values
> through the EL engine, and not modify the semantics of the underlying tag.
>
I think that's the right strategy for this time around. As we gain more
experience with the struts-el tags, we'll learn more about ways to
approach nested references.
Craig
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