Ethan, I don't know of any free JSP tag libraries that do everything you are looking for, so I have another suggestion. If this is something that you would reuse in many projects that you create/maintain, why not create your own JSP tag library with built in validation. There is some up front development time involved with this suggestion, but if you intend to reuse the code for your own development projects, then you may recoup the development costs within 2-3 projects. To some extent, JRUN Server has built their own JSP tag library that replaces many of the HTML tags, but not all. And they do include validation for some of their own tags (again, not all, but it does leave you as the programmer room to write your own validation for a particular tag). You may want to take a look at the JSP tag library that comes with JRUN Server to see what I am referring to. I believe that you can even export it into another JSP sever environment, but I am not positive. Either way, if Allaire was able to create their JSP tag library to replace some of the HTML tags, and they include built in validation, then you can considering using their tag library, or building your own using their tag library as a "example" or "template" to follow.
Celeste -----Original Message----- From: Ethan Schroeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Form/Input taglib I have looked at Struts, and I have found it to be way overkill for 90% of the applications we write, though I will mostly likely use it on the next appropriate project. What I'm most interested in is a supporting form/input taglib, which will enable me to deploy rapidly developed applications. I am coming from the CGI world, so my ideas may be conflicting with that of the Java world, but right now I deal with forms in an object-based manner with built-in validation. It allows me to very quickly roll out custom applications. Once again, I'm coming from the CGI world, and though I've invested a lot of time in learning Java, my ideas may not coincide with those of other Java developers. The type of business I am involved in is extremely fast-paced roll-it-out-the-door NOW operation, so writing solid web applications and strictly following MVC ideals simply can't be a focus in every day development, though we do occasionally see projects which would effectively utilize a well thought out development framework such as Struts. Hopefully someone can gather something out of my rambling.... Ethan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Yee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 2:47 PM Subject: Re: Form/Input taglib > Ethan, > I don't think you will find all that you are looking for in a taglib since > they are server side components. You should look at the jakarta struts > framework that provides for user written methods to do the form validation. > You can also look at the Jakarta regexp package and use it with Struts. > > -Richard > > At 02:17 PM 1/28/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could point me at a robust form/input > >taglib which includes built-in validation, such as required fields, regex > >pattern matching, etc. I have done a lot of searching, but I haven't > >really found anything remotely close to what I have envisioned as > >useful. Thanks a bunch in advance. > > > >Ethan > > > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
