Hey Jim and Dan, The URLDecoder.decode method decodes a URLEncoding. This is the encoding browsers do when you type for instance a spacechar in the location bar, the browser replaces it with %20. This is definitely not the same thing as HTML encoding in which you would replace the char & by &. URLDecoding is definitely not a solution for your current issue. I've never found a generic solution, but that is not to say there isn't one.
Concerning your page layout issues, I'd definitely advise you to take a look at Tiles. It works very well with struts as a plugin, but as I understand it can function standalone as well. http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/dev_tiles.html Good luck! Martin van Dijken > -----Original Message----- > From: James Watkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: zaterdag 24 januari 2004 2:01 > To: Tag Libraries Users List > Subject: RE: Tag to Unescape an HTML String? > > > A little while ago I tried the Apache Jakarta String TagLib > <str:decodeUrl>. It gave me the following error: URLDecoder: > Illegal hex > characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: "&a". As > you suggest, > maybe the length of my body HTML String was too long to be > passed as a param. > > - Jim > > At 04:45 PM 1/23/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >java.net.URLDecoder.decode() will decode such a string. > >You could create a simple tag that called the method > >if you want. Be aware that some servers are unhappy with really big > >URLs. > >- Dan > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: James Watkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:47 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Tag to Unescape an HTML String? > > > > > > > > > I have a question regarding the following problem and proposed > > > solution: Within a JSP, what would be the most efficient way to > > > unescape an HTML > > > string? The Regexp tag library? I've managed to avoid > writing regular > > > expressions for a long time. > > > > > > Problem: > > > I'm creating some reusable JSP templates that are chained > together > > > with <c:import>. I'm trying to solve the well known problem of > > > having to create > > > two new JSPs for every new page -- one for the new page body, > > > the other to > > > import the master page layout and pass the URL of the new > > > page body JSP. > > > > > > Proposed Solution: > > > Rather than pass the master page layout a URL for the body JSP, I > > > can eliminate the body JSP by passing in the body as a > String. If my > > > master page layout is within the same container, then I can use > > > <c:set> and not > > > have to worry about unescaping the body String. However, I'd > > > prefer (I > > > think) to have the master page layout live outside the container, > > > especially since the JSTL spec notes that foreign context > > > access within the > > > same container might not be supported by all containers. If > > > the master page > > > layout JSP is outside the container of the importing JSP, > > > then the body > > > HTML String has to be passed with <c:param>, which escapes > > > the string. So > > > I'll need to unescape it be I can use it. > > > > > > - Jim > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > James Watkin > > > ACIS Software Development > > > The Anderson School at UCLA > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Voice: 1-310-825-5030 > > > Fax: 1-310-825-4835 > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > > > 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] > > ______________________________ > James Watkin > ACIS Software Development > The Anderson School at UCLA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Voice: 1-310-825-5030 > Fax: 1-310-825-4835 > ______________________________ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
