Try JSTL. For example:
<fmt:parseDate var="aDate" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" value="26/12/1968" />
is equivalent to:
<fmt:parseDate var="aDate" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy">
26/12/1968
</fmt:parseDate>
The content of the second example can even be generated by nested tags.
Steve
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> Sent: July 30, 2003 11:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Prob:Calling a bean:write inside html:text - Nesting is
> nice
>
>
> It would be nice if this:
>
> <aTag anAtribute="aValue" />
>
> Parsed the same as:
>
> <aTag>
> <anAtribute>aValue</anAttribute>
> </aTag>
>
>
> Failing that it would be nice if any tags with attribute
> also accepted nested tags with the same name and meaning as an
> alternative.
>
> Brendan
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:23 AM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
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> Subject: RE: Prob:Calling a bean:write inside html:text
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>
>
>
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, James Childers wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:35:53 -0500
> > From: James Childers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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> > Subject: RE: Prob:Calling a bean:write inside html:text
> >
> >
> > YOU CAN'T NEST TAGS.
> >
> > YOU CAN'T NEST TAGS.
> >
> > You, or anyone else, cannot nest tags. Tags cannot be nested.
> Nesting tags
> is prohibited. If you nest a tag inside another tag, the page
> won't compile.
> Nesting tags ist verbotten. Do not nest tags if you want your
> page to work.
> >
> > The following won't work:
> >
> > <html:test property="<bean:write property="something" />" />
>
> It is true that this won't work, but I would caution you that "nesting
> tags" actually means something different:
>
> <html:form ...>
> <html:text .../>
> <html:text .../>
> </html:form>
>
> which is perfectly legitimate. A correct sentence describing what you
> cannot do is "You cannot use one tag to create all or part of the
> attribute value of another tag."
>
> Craig
>
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