RE: Question on http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/

[bsimonin]

Thanks for the heads up.  I am learning both libraries right now.

--Brad


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Jouravlev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 11/1/2005 2:32 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Question on http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/
 
On 11/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Has anyone used the display tag library at http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/ 
> in a Struts application?
>
> If so what did you think of it?

These two listings print out items in a pageable table and have links
for view, edit and delete operations. Compare and choose for yourself
(the code may not be perfect, but it gives the idea).

(1) Struts-EL + JSTL

=== cut here, start ===
<table width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
    <th>ID</th>
    <th>Str Value</th>
    <th>Int Value</th>
    <th>Link Actions</th>
    <th>Button Actions</th>
  </tr>
</thead>

  <!-- Show item list -->
  <logic-el:iterate id="item"
                    collection="${crudform.items}"
                    offset="${crudform.offset}"
                    length="${crudform.pagesize}"
                   
type="net.jspcontrols.dialogs.samples.crudaction.business.BusinessObj">
  <html:form action="/crudactionlite.do">
    <tr>
      <td><c:out value="${item.itemId}"/></td>
      <td><c:out value="${item.stringValue}"/></td>
      <td><c:out value="${item.intValue}"/></td>
      <td>
        <html-el:link
href="crudactionlite.do?DIALOG-EVENT-VIEW&itemId=${item.itemId}">View</html-el:link>
|
        <html-el:link
href="crudactionlite.do?DIALOG-EVENT-EDIT&itemId=${item.itemId}">Edit</html-el:link>
|
        <html-el:link
href="crudactionlite.do?DIALOG-EVENT-DELETE&itemId=${item.itemId}">Delete</html-el:link>
|
      </td>
    </tr>
    <html:hidden name="item" property="itemId"/>
  </html:form>
  </logic-el:iterate>
</table>
=== cut here, end ===

(2.1) Displaytag-EL, JSP

=== cut here, start ===
<!-- Displaytag counts from 1, so adding 1 to zero-based crudform.offset -->
<display:table name="${crudform.items}"
               offset="${crudform.offset+1}"
               length="${crudform.pagesize}"
               
decorator="net.jspcontrols.dialogs.samples.crudaction.MyListDecorator">
  <display:column property="itemId" title="ID" />
  <display:column property="stringValue" title="Str Value" />
  <display:column property="intValue" title="Int Value" />
  <display:column property="operationsLinks" title="Actions" />
</display:table>
=== cut here, end ===

(2.2) Displaytag-EL, decorator

=== cut here, start ===
public class MyListDecorator extends TableDecorator {
    public String getOperationsLinks()
    {
        BusinessObj lObject= (BusinessObj)getCurrentRowObject();
        String lId= lObject.getItemId();

        return "<a href=\"crudactionlite.do?DIALOG-EVENT-VIEW&itemId="
+ lId + "\">View</a> | " +
               "<a
href=\"crudactionlite.do?DIALOG-EVENT-UPDATE&itemId=" + lId +
"\">Edit</a> | " +
               "<a
href=\"crudactionlite.do?DIALOG-EVENT-DELETE&itemId=" + lId +
"\">Delete</a>";
    }
}
=== cut here, end ===

Note, that you may need to use something like
HttpServletRequest.getServletPath() in a decorator to ensure the
proper path to your action. Maybe you can return a string, containing
Struts tags, I never tried that.

DisplayTag can do much more than simple pageable tables, and it is an
established library, used by many.

Michael.

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