Was hoping people would overlook that typo :) I meant custom EL function.
Hopefully there will also be some tag flies in the Extended Taglib, definitely seems a nicer way to write than in Java, but I've not written many in anger so not sure of any surprises. Hen On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Stuart Thiel <stuart.th...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ahhh, tag files is something I hadn't head of before. This example shows a > simple one being used: > http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JSPTags5.html > > I'm still not sure what you meant by "custom JSTL function", though. > > > Henri Yandell wrote: >> >> The following is an example btw: >> >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/taglibs/extended/trunk/ >> >> Currnetly it exposes various Commons Lang functions to JSTL using tag >> functions. >> >> Hen >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Stuart Thiel <stuart.th...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Marcel, >>> >>> If I understand you correctly, then it is not exactly possible to do what >>> you'd like. >>> >>> More specifically, I believe you're talking about making an EL function >>> (vs. >>> JSTL which is a set of third party tags/functions). You can use any >>> public >>> static method in any class for this, so it doesn't need to be special in >>> any >>> way, but you do need to define it in a tag library so that a JSP page >>> knows >>> how to find it. You can isolate a bunch of your utility EL functions in >>> their own tag library with their own prefix to avoid polluting your main >>> tag >>> libraries, but I would generally organize by cohesion instead (putting >>> related tags and functions together in the same tag libraries, following >>> the >>> same approach one might do with OO class creation). >>> >>> I haven't read all of this, but skimming it seemed to satisfy me that the >>> basics are covered: >>> http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JSPIntro7.html >>> >>> Stuart >>> >>> Marcel Overdijk wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I'm wondering if it is possible to create a custom JSTL function using >>>> a >>>> tag >>>> file (so not using a tld and tag class). >>>> >>>> Any reference to an example would be helpful. >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Marcel >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: taglibs-user-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: taglibs-user-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: taglibs-user-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: taglibs-user-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: taglibs-user-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: taglibs-user-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: taglibs-user-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: taglibs-user-h...@tomcat.apache.org
