I'll bite. What's the Unstandard Taglib? Is there a website for this? > -----Original Message----- > From: O'brien, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:45 AM > To: 'Tag Libraries Users List' > Subject: RE: Problem with "empty" key word on a collection. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:17 AM > > To: Tag Libraries Users List > > Subject: Re: Problem with "empty" key word on a collection. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:04 PM, Pierre Delisle wrote: > > > > > The change that Jeff is proposing, although of interest, would > > > unfortunately break compatibility with the spec. (sorry > > guys, but the > > > Expert Group ain't perfect) > > > > > > > Why would extending the empty keyword to support Collections break > > compatibility with the spec? > > > > Modifying the "empty" keyword to support Collections doesn't > break anything > per se, but it does exceed the definition of "empty" in Section > A.3.8 in the > JSTL 1.0 specification. I believe that the JSPA talks about > adhering to the > spec in independent implementations of a JSR. > > I'm very uninterested in starting a flamewar about JCP, but it is > important > to note that adhering to the spec allows for portability over multiple > implementations of JSTL and EL. > > I've already submitted a patch to commons-jexl to make "empty" work with > Collection, but it won't be of any help to anyone using the > current Standard > Taglib and JSTL 1.0. I think this is what the nascent Unstandard Taglib > what meant for, providing functionality for little bits of functionality > that might have been inadvertently overlooked by the first rev of > JSTL in a > way that doesn't conflict with existing JCP specs. > > -------- > Tim O'Brien > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > >
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