Yes - I know it's for looping but that still doesn't explai the point - I
could just as easily do this
public int soAfterBody()
{
while(bNotDone)
{
}
return SKIP_BODY
}
I don't need EVAL_BODY_TAG to let me loop!!!!
Kevin Jones
DevelopMentor
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> Sent: 04 February 2000 20:39
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> Subject: Re: Point of EVAL_BODY_TAG
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Kevin Jones wrote:
>
> > what is the point of returning EVAL_BODY_TAG from doAfterBody.
> >
> > The only use I can see is if the doAfterBody produces or amends
> some JSP and
> > wants the JSP re-evaluated. Is this the only/main use or am I missing
> > something?
>
> Ahh. I didn't understand this for a long time either--It's really
> misnamed, IMHO. Basically, it's for looping. In the produced code, it
> looks something like this:
>
> doInitBody();
> do {
> // stuff within body
> } while (doAfterBody == EVAL_BODY_TAG);
>
> So, after each iteration, doAfterBody decides whether to go again. For a
> simple loop, doInitBody might set a variable to 1 and then doAfterBody
> would increment it and return SKIP_BODY when it reached a certain value.
>
> I wish the docs would give and example like this--I had to read the
> produced code to understand it.
>
> John K Peterson -- IT Services Development -- Brigham Young University
> Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (801) 378-5007
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