> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Lightbody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 7:16 PM
> To: os-ww
> Subject: [OS-webwork] WW2: JSTL, JSF, and SaveProperty
> 
> 
> I've added basic JSTL support to WebWork2. Actually, it's 
> really not JSTL support at all but rather the third use of 
> the ww:property tag in WebWork 1.3. This tag is called 
> ww:save-property (better names welcome!). It takes the 
> following params and has no body:
> 
> 1) name - this is required and is the new name of the 
> property (like @foo in the old EL).
> 2) value - this is optional. If it is specified, this is an 
> Ognl EL that is used to find a value to be paired with the 
> name. If it is not specified, the top of the stack is used.
> 3) scope - this is optional and defaults to "webwork". Other 
> choices are "application", "session", "request", and "page".
> 
> If the scope is set as "webwork", then you can refer to the 
> value for the request of the request as "#name" where name is 
> whatever you set in the tag. This is part of Ognl and is just 
> like "@name" in the old EL.
> 
> If you set the scope to "page", then the value is now usable 
> by JSTL tags. For example:
> 
> <ww:save-property name="world" scope="page"/>
> Hello, <c:out value="${world.name}"/>
> 
> Will result in "Hello, world" assuming that the top of the 
> stack is an action with a getName() method that is returning 
> "world". This is an "active" way to do JSTL support and 
> should get us started. I'm looking for ways to automatically 
> put the action classes in to the pageContext scope using 
> possibly their action aliases. This would pave the way, I 
> hope, for JavaServer Faces support, which I think would be a 
> great addition if we have the time.
> 
> -Pat
> 

What do you see as valuable in JSF? Every time I read about it it makes
me a little queasy... It seems like Sun continuing to delude themselves
about the usefulness of JSP as a paradigm.


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