The JSTL provides this exact functionality except it doesn't have the ability to point to Struts actions. If we were to add this feature, I'd like to see it as a new tag subclassing the JSTL's <c:url> tag that just provides the extra Struts features.
David --- Christopher Bare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any interest in a ParameterTag that would > allow parameters to be added to the URL generated by > LinkTag? Something that would allow you to do create > links like so: > > <ul> > <logic:iterate id="product" name="product-list"> > <li><html:link page="/myaction.do"> > <html:parameter id="id" name="product" > property="id"/> > <html:parameter id="category" name="product" > property="category"/> > <bean:write name="product" property="name"/> > </html:link> > </logic:iterate> > </ul> > > -or- > > <html:link page="/myaction.do" > <html:parameter id="param1" name="mybean" > property="myproperty"/> > <html:parameter id="param2" name="mybean" > property="myotherproperty"/> > <html:parameter id="param3" value="literal-value"/> > Link Display Text > </html:link> > > -or even- > > <html:link> > <html:parameter > id="wombatId"><foo:wombat/></html:parameter> > Go to a Wombat > </html:link> > > This would give you the ability to append an arbitrary > number of parameters to a URL while remaining purely > tag based. Also, you can specify the value of the > parameter using an application specific custom tag, > such as my wombat tag above. > > It is kind-of verbose, and requires some > re-arrangement of LinkTag, but no code changes > otherwise. > > Does this seem worthwhile? Is it not very useful in > light of JSTL? Speaking of that, are the struts tags > going to be deprecated at some point? Any feedback > would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > -Chris > > p.s. Thanks for making an extremely useful framework > available and popular. > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
