RE: Permissions: read-only vs. writable version

[Hicks, James]

Title: Referer pages and structs

I used the template approach to resolve a similar problem.  Create a template file ( template.jsp ), create a main page to do the inserts ( mypage.jsp ), then create a separate page(pageX.jsp) for each permission.  Put the logic in mypage.jsp to check the permissions and decide which page to load in the template.  That will solve the presentation part.  You will also want to put authentication logic in your Action object so that some malicious user can subvert your presentation layer.   James Hicks Systems Administrator BerryDirect - Nacogdoches, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: 936-462-4655 pager: 936-462-2062   -----Original Message----- From: Shunhui Zhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Permissions: read-only vs. writable version   Hi, I'm wondering whether anyone knows of a solution, prefereably via tags, to the permission problem. I have a page, but depending on the user, I'd like to present it as either read-only, or as writable, this can even be on the field-by-field level. For example, the price field, should either be presented as <input type=text> for a writable version, or simply as text for a read-only version. The not so pretty solution is to put all the <logic:equal> type of tag around the fields, but I'd like to know whether there are other solutions, such as put the logic in the <html:text> tags, or some other way.   Thanks.   Shunhui