Billy, Struts tags are great....if you can use them "as is", that is. The problem with extending them is that most of the code is contained in 1 or 2 methods (doStartTag() for example). Which means if you want to change a small bit of functionality, you end up re-coding most of these core methods - which is a pain, expecially if you take a new version of Struts.
The only benefit you get by extending them is you dont have to define the properties and getters/setters - but you do have to re-code the core functionality. Shame really, if they were designed in a more "granular" way then it would make Struts much better. The committers dont seem much interested in this and many people seem to shy away from the internals of Tags - i thinks thats unfortunate, tags are pretty straight forward in most cases. In some ways I think its better to ditch the tag element of struts and re-wtite your own properly, otherwise make noises on the developers list and see if you can get them to re-structure the code. good luck Niall > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Mariani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18 October 2001 21:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Extending Struts TagLibs > > > > > My first question is: Has anyone had any luck extending any of > the tag libs > provided with struts (html, bean..) > > Second, if so could some one post some example code. > > > Thanks, > > > Billy > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > http://inbox.excite.com > >
