I like the idea. Could we not have an html *and* an html-el version? Steve
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: July 3, 2003 1:06 PM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: request for feedback on proposed parameter tag > > > 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] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
