On Thu, 24 May 2001, John Raley wrote:
> Yes, my own tags tend to be factored such that most of what they do is
> available from other contexts. This is not necessarily the case with
> other taglibs I'm interested in... Mostly I was looking for a general
> solution to this problem - I'd prefer to use a tag as its author expects
> over poring over its source code, trying to determine if I can safely
> call some methods on it directly.
>
I guess that I would never assume I can use a custom tag class *directly*
outside the context of using it in a JSP page. However, I would not be
shy about lobbying custom tag authors into factoring out useful bits of
code that can be utilized gracefully separate from their use in a custom
tag.
Craig
