Indeed, JSP is starting to feel mature in many more ways. :) Chris
-----Original Message----- From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Rendering alternate rows of a table in Struts Cool! JSP is catching up to ColdFusion's ease of use. I'm a big CF fan but there's really no need for it when we have free Java. David >You are correct that designing correct tags in JSP 1.1/1.2 isn't all that >easy. However, folks will *really* like what is coming up in JSP 2.0 in >this area -- in particular two interesting features: > >* A new tag invocation protocol (SimpleTag) that is so simple :-) > you almost can't get it wrong -- a single method call to implement, > and no worries about tag pooling or instance reuse. > >* Tag files, which allow a page author to point at a chunk of > JSP code (which might itself have tag invocations insode) and > say, in effect, "treat this chunk of stuff as a custom tag". > Now, page authors can create and reuse presentation-ish stuff > just as easily as Java programmers can reuse classes. > > >Craig _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
