I'd suggest you try the alternative syntaxes as a separate tag, rather than trying to overload the existing link tag.
Be sure to include support for the forward property. I avoid use of href myself, since it has the affect of embedding additional Action paths into the JSP. (Bad enough that we require this for the html:form tag.) -Ted. Tom Morris wrote: > > Thanks Ted & TomK, > > As a beginer, I'd better think about what you have both said for a while. > > However: > > I'm not mixing-up the differences between forms and links, > but we're experiencing the absence of integer parameters on a link > but no problems with strings. > Briefly: we have a FormBean containing a value-object, which has an integer > property. > I didn't think there were restrictions on the nested-property types. > > I'll double-double check that we have no coding error. > > As for the multiple parameters on link: > I noticed a number of struts-projects using the 'form:' tags to submit > parameters > to other actions. (Note: these tags are extended so that hyperlinks can > control > a javascript form submission.). This is simply to ease making a multi-param > http > request. (I suppose froms can be made to GET instead of POST...) > > Do you think it would be a worthwhile change to the already lovely Struts, > to do something like the follwing? > > <html:link href="/myproj/myaction.do"> > <html:linkparam paramId="uid" paramName="myBean" paramProperty="myId" /> > <html:linkparam paramId="name" paramName="myBean" paramProperty="myName" /> > Click Me > </html:link> > > I guess the 'html:linkparam' can use 'getParentTag' and use an 'addGetParam' > (or something) adding values to populate a growing HashMap. > > I'm pretty sure the TLD doesn't need to be anything speical. > (I've created nested TagLibs before and don't remember anything difficult). > Just make sure that = "<bodycontent>JSP</bodycontent>" > > Or these simple notations (hacky & inelegant & limited): > > <html:link href="/myproj/myaction.do" > getParams="uid,myBean,myId|name,myBean,myName" > > Click Me > </html:link> > > OR > > <html:link href="/myproj/myaction.do" > getParams="uid,myBean,myId|name,myBean,myName" > > Click Me > </html:link> > > Many thanks for you comments, > TomM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
