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Created by Fang on April 16, 2012 13:32:10
Last update: April 16, 2012 13:32:10
There are two steps to create a custom function for JSP:
Declare the function in the TLD:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<taglib...
Implement the function (must be static):
package com.example;
public class UrlTransl...
To use the function:
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.example.com/jsp/tags" p...
Created by Fang on April 16, 2012 13:18:40
Last update: April 16, 2012 13:18:40
Simply call pageContext.setAttribute() to export a variable from within a JSP custom tag:
public class MyCustomVarTag extends TagSupport {
...
The availability of the exported variable can be limited in the TLD:
<tag>
<name>setVar</name>
<tag-class...
The availability scopes are:
Value Availability
NESTED Between the start tag and the end tag.
AT_BEGIN From the start tag until the scope of any enclosing tag. If there’s no enclosing tag, then to the end of the page.
AT_END After the end tag until the scope of any enclosing tag. If there’s no enclosing tag, then to the end of the page.
Created by Fang on April 16, 2012 12:58:35
Last update: April 16, 2012 12:58:35
To implement a JSP custom tag with dynamic attributes (for example, to pass-thru arbitrary attributes not handled by the JSP tag):
Set the dynamic-attributes element to true in the TLD:
<tag>
<name>mark</name>
<tag-class>c...
The tag handler must implement javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.DynamicAttributes :
package com.example.jsp;
import java.io.*;
...
Created by Fang on March 01, 2012 13:52:14
Last update: March 01, 2012 13:52:14
Step 1: define the message code:
code.with.arg=arg1: {0}, arg2: {1}, arg3: {2}
Step 2: use it in the JSP with comma separated arguments:
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.springframework.org/tag...
If the argument itself contains a comma:
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.springframework.org/tag...
Created by Fang on January 28, 2012 13:24:09
Last update: January 28, 2012 13:31:22
This is a simple JSP custom tags library with tag body. Just like the JSF counterpart , it splits a string and repeats the body for each word, i.e., with this markup:
<%@ taglib uri="http://custom.tag.com/demo" prefix...
output:
<html>
<body>
<p>Hello Tigger!</p>
<p>H...
With Maven, this is the directory structure:
./src
./src/main
./src/main/resources
./s...
There are three files to write:
pom.xml :
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"...
src/main/java/tagdemo/IterateTag.java :
package tagdemo;
import java.io.IOException...
src/main/resources/META-INF/demotag.tld :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DO...
Build with:
mvn clean install
To use it as a dependency in other Maven projects:
<dependency>
<groupId>tag-demo</groupId>
...
Created by Fang on November 21, 2011 16:30:56
Last update: December 07, 2011 08:54:32
This is a series of notes on building custom JSF 2.0 facelet taglibs, ordered from the simplest to the less simple. Hopefully it can help you to get started on how to build custom taglibs for JSF. A simple JSF facelets taglib example The simplest taglib I can think of. Using EL expression with a custom tag Make tag attributes dynamic. Mixing custom tag with facelet ui taglibs Discover things you might run into when you get into more details. Which EL context to use? Using the wrong EL context can lead to subtle bugs. JSF facelet taglib backed by a UI component A UIComponent can be a tag handler, without being TagHandler . Using tag handler, UI component and renderer with a JSF facelet...
Created by Fang on December 06, 2011 19:03:25
Last update: December 07, 2011 08:54:11
Our custom tag, as implemented in the previous note , is broken when a template is used.
Create a template file ( home-template.xhtml ):
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Stric...
and a test page that uses it ( home.xhtml ):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui:comp...
Then request the page with URL: http://localhost:8080/facelet-demo/home.jsf?name=Jack .
You'll find that our hello tag works inside ui:repeat but fails to get the value defined by ui:param ! What's the problem? Our hello tag implementation evaluated the EL with the wrong EL context!
This is the corrected implementation:
package com.example;
import java.io.IOExcep...
Created by Fang on December 03, 2011 12:31:20
Last update: December 03, 2011 12:33:23
The <h:outputText> tag generates different output for body text and value attribute. I tested the following with Apache MyFaces 2.1.3:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Stric...
With value attribute, the output was:
<table border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='4'>...
With text in body, the output was (i.e., the text was escaped despite escape="false" ):
<table border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='...
Created by Fang on December 01, 2011 18:54:54
Last update: December 01, 2011 18:54:54
Use the varStatus attribute with the ui:repeat tag to get the iteration index:
<ui:repeat varStatus="status" var="item" value="#{...
The varStatus attribute specifies the name of the exported request scoped variable for the status of the iteration.The object is a POJO with the following read-only JavaBeans properties. This scoped variable has nested visibility.
begin of type Integer
end of type Integer
index of type int
step of type Integer
even of type boolean
odd of type boolean
first of type boolean
last of type boolean
Created by Fang on November 28, 2011 21:04:15
Last update: November 28, 2011 21:04:15
Some innocent looking JavaScript may cause a fatal error in a Facelet page. For example:
<script type="text/javascript">
if (items.lengt...
or
<script type="text/javascript">
// jQuery code ...
Because Facelet is strict XML, therefore, < and > must be escaped.
There are several ways to deal with this:
Do not embed JS code directly in the page. Put the code in .js files and include it in the page with the src attribute.
Put JS code in a CDATA section:
<h:outputScript target="head">
<