The form modes sound nice in theory, but I suspect you'd end up having to write multiple renderings by hand anyway. I assume that the purpose was to avoid this.
For example, how would a non-editable checkbox be rendered? Yes/No? On/Off? A green tick and a red cross? What about the result of a set of grouped checkboxes? (You'd presumably have to add a tag to indicate that they are a group, also.) A group of radio buttons? People are going to want to have control over these things, and I find it hard to imagine how that would be done without a multitude of attributes and options. It would end up being simpler to just write separate renderings. -- Martin Cooper On 8/29/05, Sudhaker Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Do we have need of tags like these? > > <html:js src="/script/util.js" /> > <html:css src="/css/style.css" /> > > Currently we are suppose to use html:rewrite tag or some crud method. > > <script language="javascript" src="<html:rewrite src="/script/util.js" > />"></script> > > CSS is bit neat because of @import but JS is still making code look nasty. > > > 2. Do we have need of tag attribute like this? > > <html:form mode="edit"> > ... > </html:form> > > <html:form mode="confirm"> > ... > </html:form> > > <html:form mode="show"> > ... > </html:form> > > Setting the mode attribute to 'confirm' will convert all form-field > into a hidden field and will replace all editable area with a label > showing current values. Similarly setting mode attribute to 'show' > will simply replace all editable area with a label showing current > values. > > The show mode can be very well used for followings > > * Same JSP code can be used to show details and edit details. > * Confirm filled values before finally submitting. > * Form can be made read-only or editable based on user's credentials. > > This can be further improved to control field level rendering and > security. > > -- > Cheers, > Sudhaker Raj > http://thej2ee.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
