Hi Jan,
One solution could be to externalize the URL generation in a JSP
fragment and set a variable containing the resulting URL.
Then, in your JSP you call the variable to output the URL.
Cimballi
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Jan T. Kim <j....@uea.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> the basic way to produce a link using struts seems to be to use the s:url
> and s:a tags, e.g. to produce a link to a person you might use something
> like
>
> <s:url var="personurl" action="showperson">
> <s:param name="personId" value="%{id}"/>
> </s:url>
> <s:a href="%{personurl}"><s:property value="%{firstname}"/></s:a>
>
> This is ok but it does get repetitive if links to persons occur in many
> JSPs, and if you want to change the format of these links (e.g. include
> the lastname), you have to search and update all these repetitions.
>
> Therefore, is it possible to factor out URL and link generation?
>
> I suppose I could write a taglib with my own person element but that
> seems a bit over the top to me.
>
> Best regards, Jan
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