Henri,
Thanks for your comments and contribution of the taglib. Do you anticipate
that the bug with the String taglib will be fixed in the near future ?
Thanks,
Stef
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From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tag Libraries Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: JSTL in Java Was: Is there a way to call java.lang.String.substring
on a <c: ou t ?
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Stefan wrote:
>
> > I just decided recently to finally look at using taglibs. For the last
> > couple of years I have been fine with using <%= %> that processed bean
> > methods that return strings. But now seeing how many taglibs there are
out
> > there, I decided it was time to jump in. Now if I can figure out why I
can't
> > use the results of a taglib as an arguement for a method in a Java bean?
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > <%= my.myMehtod(<c:out value='${value.location}'/>);%>
>
> Effectively what you have here is a piece of the JSTL inside Java scope.
> <%= ... %> has the ... being Java code, not JSP. At least that's how I
> look at it, the bug in String taglib shows that I've still got some
> understanding to do on the Taglib lifecycle.
>
> I'd not thought of the order in which scriptlets/taglibs are executed, I
> think because I tennd to use them by instinct/experience and don't think
> of the why's etc. Hopefully someone else knows the spec and
> realities better.
>
> > What I have noticed is that scriptlets seem to get ouputted before
taglibs
> > ... or the reverse, I forget which way. What ever it may be, the above
> > sample code would have the tag been passed as a string; that is "<c:out
> > value='${value.location}'/>" instead of the output of the tag. So I
guess
> > scriptlets gets process before, right?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Stef
> >
>
>
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