http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/
-Dennis Laurie Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/02/2005 04:17 PM Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org> To user@struts.apache.org cc Subject Re: [OT] Sub Project - Table Renderer Sorry, I missed the original post (perhaps due to Gmane's issues yesterday?). How does this solution compare to Display Tag? (Hmm, which seems to be experiencing technical difficulties; if it comes back it should be at http://www.displaytag.org/index.jsp). L. Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > Hi Christopher, > > I don't know how anyone feels about it as a sub-project, I'm not sure I > see it as something that rises to the level of a sub-project... while > certainly useful and something many would like to use I think, it > doesn't quite feel like it's substantial enough to be a whole > sub-project. Just my opinion :) > > But, if your thinking of building it on top of AjaxTags (the generic > version from JWP I hope!), I might suggest submitting it for inclusion > in JWP... I *think* you could do it as simply an AjaxTags Response > Handler, albeit maybe a more complex one than the others. > > Since the Struts-only version of AjaxTags isn't being supported any > more, it would have to be not specific to Struts to fit in with the rest > of AjaxTags in JWP, and I don't know if that fits in with what you > have/intended to do. > > If you haven't looked at JWP yet, here's the link: > > http://javawebparts.sourceforge.net > > Have a look at the Javadocs, the taglib package. The package > documentation for AjaxTags should give you a good idea of how it works > (it's actually pretty close to the Struts-specific version, wouldn't be > a hassle to convert to it I think). > > Frank > > Christopher Marsh-Bourdon wrote: > >> I would be interested in getting a feel for those developers who >> would be interested in a dynamic table renderer that allows for >> automatic sorting across a single or multiple columns and the ability >> to redisplay only the table using Frank Zametti's AjaxTags (it can do >> it as a whole page to, but that is just wasteful!). I've been >> evolving one over several years and it would be but a days work to >> get it generic enough to make available to others. >> >> I'm sure there are other solutions out there; there definitely is one >> by Bill Siggelkow in his 'Jakarta Struts Cookbook'. This solution is >> a more encompassing, removing the need to have to hard code the >> ordering in your action, it can be specified via XML or just left to >> the renderer to work it out based on the underlying Class of the bean >> (assuming there is only one) within the collection. >> >> Anyways, can I just ask any of those who are interested to give me a >> yay (or nay) so I get a gist as to whether I am wasting my time or not? >> >> Cheers >> >> Christopher Marsh-Bourdon >> www.marsh-bourdon.com >> AIM: marshbourdon >> >> >> > -- Laurie, Open Source advocate, Java geek and novice blogger: http://www.holoweb.net/laurie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
