Raghu, can you be more specific about your solution? how about giving some coding examples?
Thanks. Kai On 1/27/06, Raghu Kanchustambham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I solved the problem by "playing the container". > > I called the tag functions that the container would have called in the > same sequence. This surely is a hack, but works for me right now. > > If you guys have a better way to solve this issue, I would be glad to hear > it. > > Regards, > Raghu > > > On 1/25/06, Raghu Kanchustambham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to generate a *dynamic* menu. > > I have a regular 'java' function which spits out menu tags (struts > > layout taglib related). > > The intention is to use Sitemesh to create the menu depending on the > > access permissions of the logged in user without any "dirty coding" in > > JSP's. > > > > <%=Resource.generateMenu(DataAccessManager.getResourceById(-1))%> > > > > Resource.generateMenu recursively calls itself till it generates a > > string of menu tags depending on access permissions. Ignore the fact > > that my JSP is directly calling a function in my dataacess layer! ;-) > > Will fix it once I get this to work:-) > > > > > > I am stuck with the following problem. I do not know how to force the > > interpretation of the string of tags generated. What is happening (as > > expected) is that the tags just pass to the browser as they are with > > OUT getting processed. > > > > A "view source" on my browser shows the following: > > > > <body> > > <table width="100%"> > > <tr width="100%"> > > > > <!-- The output of generateMenu function starts here --> > > <layout:dynMenu config='MainMenu' left='10' top='10'> > > <layout:menuItem key='All' link='All'> > > <layout:menuItem key='Reports' > > link='Reports'></layout:menuItem> > > <layout:menuItem key='Student' link='Student'> > > <layout:menuItem key='Enrollment' > > link='Enrollment'></layout:menuItem> > > <layout:menuItem key='Enquiry' > > link='Enquiry'></layout:menuItem> > > <layout:menuItem key='Search' > > link='Search'></layout:menuItem> > > </layout:menuItem> > > <layout:menuItem key='Management' > link='Management'> > > <layout:menuItem key='Location' > > link='Location'></layout:menuItem> > > <layout:menuItem key='Centre' > > link='Centre'></layout:menuItem> > > <layout:menuItem key='Course' > > link='Course'></layout:menuItem> > > </layout:menuItem> > > </layout:menuItem> > > </layout:dynMenu> > > etc..... > > > > > > > > Note that these tags are generated as a result of the generateMenu > > function and are NOT getting processed further on the server side > > before they > > are pushed on to the browser. I believe JSP does only ONE pass > > parsing. How do I circumvent this problem and get my tags to be > > processed before they leave the server? > > > > Thanks. > > Regards, > > Raghu > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
