re: bean:message default value

As noone has responded to my problem placing a default value in case of a non-existent tag, I found my own solution for it: I created my own tld and corresponding class, adding parameters like baseKey and defaultValue. It was pretty easy: Just copy and past the existing struts implementation and

bean:message default value comment

A short comment: "/> doesnt work, even after adding the ) that I fogot. I always have to save the expression to a seperate String variable before. Do you know why this is an if there is a way to circumvent the external java expression? Lukas

bean:message default value

Hello I've been using struts for a while now and more then once came over a inconvenience of the bean:message tag. As documented, the jstl (which I prefer not to use) representation is something like I am particularly interested in the replacement text which - if I understand correctly - i