jsp method declarations
Is there a way of using jsp custom tag in a jsp declaration such as:
<%!
public void pumpOutChildren(IItem currentItem)
{
%>
<ms:bindings name="currentItem" id="boundItem">
<%=
boundItem.getFullName();
%>
</ms:bindings>
<%
}
%>
as this does not appear to work
<%!
public void pumpOutChildren(IItem currentItem)
{
%>
<ms:bindings name="currentItem" id="boundItem">
<%=
boundItem.getFullName();
%>
</ms:bindings>
<%
}
%>
as this does not appear to work
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yeah...like I said... kinda ;-)
sorry, only find that you have your message posted after I post mine.
points to TimYates
points to TimYates
> sorry, only find that you have your message posted after I post mine.
Hee hee...no worries :-)
I'm new to the JSP TA, and it's nice to see I was right :-)
Hehehe, now to catch you up ;-)
Tim
Hee hee...no worries :-)
I'm new to the JSP TA, and it's nice to see I was right :-)
Hehehe, now to catch you up ;-)
Tim
Tim, I have seen that your answers were/are in high quality. I have limited time to support this TA and welcome all experts to contribute. :-)
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so there is no way of doing this, ignore my syntax, i just want to achieve something like that
Hmmmm...
You can do:
<%!
public void pumpOutChildren( IItem currentItem )
{
out.println( currentItem.getFullName ) ;
}
%>
Not sure that "out" will be valid though... you might need to do:
<%!
public void pumpOutChildren( IItem currentItem, PrintWriter out )
{
out.println( currentItem.getFullName ) ;
}
%>
Then you can call the method from your JSP code:
<%
pumpOutChildren( item ) ;
%>
or
<%
pumpOutChildren( item, out ) ;
%>
You can do:
<%!
public void pumpOutChildren( IItem currentItem )
{
out.println( currentItem.getFullName ) ;
}
%>
Not sure that "out" will be valid though... you might need to do:
<%!
public void pumpOutChildren( IItem currentItem, PrintWriter out )
{
out.println( currentItem.getFullName ) ;
}
%>
Then you can call the method from your JSP code:
<%
pumpOutChildren( item ) ;
%>
or
<%
pumpOutChildren( item, out ) ;
%>
>> i just want to achieve something like that
NO, not custom tag in a jsp declaration.
But you might be able to something similar with <jsp:include>
you put you custom tag in an included jsp page, and in the main page use <jsp:include> when you need to call it.
NO, not custom tag in a jsp declaration.
But you might be able to something similar with <jsp:include>
you put you custom tag in an included jsp page, and in the main page use <jsp:include> when you need to call it.
because :
The tag needs other environment support that you don't have it in your declared method.
And you cannot mix <%! with <%.
Most of jsp processor will extract all <%! and process first, then the rest.