Mike emailed me this idea last night, and I think it's the best yet. Brilliant solution, Mike.
Lukas "Mike Jasnowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Going from your example, I'm not sure why you even need to subclass a Struts > tag to get the output you described. You should be able to code something > like this on your JSP: > > <lukas:myTag lang="en"> > <html:file property="formFile" styleClass="FormField"/> > </lukas:myTag> > > > The tag handling flow would look like (similar to what you proposed > earlier): > > myTag.doStartTag(); > > pageContext.getOut().println("<table><tr><td>"); > > *include output of body of custom tag here, which might be Struts tags > which are invoked. > > myTag.doEndTag(); > > pageContext.getOut().println("</td></tr></table>"); > > > Which would evaluate to > > > <table> > <tr> > <td> > <input type="file" name="formFile" value="" class="FormField"> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > > All this w/o changing or subclassing a Struts tag, the only Custom tag work > is myTag. > > HTH, > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lukas Bradley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 7:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tags creating Tags > > > Hi all, > > Maybe I'm just tired, but the answer to this is not to be found. I could me > making this harder than it is, or something might be right in front of me, > and I don't see it. > > What I want is a custom tag that creates other custom tags. Here is a > simple example: > > <lukas:myTag lang="en" /> > > Should produce something like this: > > <table> > <tr><td>English</td></tr> > <tr><td><html:file property="formFile" styleClass="FormField"/></td></tr> > <!-- Imagine a lot more custom tags here --> > </table> > > Which should then evaluate to: > > <table> > <tr><td>English</td></tr> > <tr><td><input type="file" name="formFile" value="" > class="FormField"></td></tr> > <!-- Imagine a lot more custom tags rendering here. --> > </table> > > I've thought about trying to extend BodyTagSupport, return > EVAL_BODY_BUFFERED in doStartTag(), modify the bodyContent in doAfterBody(), > then return EVAL_PAGE() in doEndTag(). However, BodyContent has a protected > constructor, and no way to set its content. > > I want to maintain the functionality gained from Struts-like custom tags, > while extracting the creation of them in a super-duper momma tag. Any help? > > Lukas > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
