My previously submitted patch had a NullPointerException. I¹ll send patches tonight. To the list for review.
Tim On 5/28/10 3:37 PM, "Nikolaos (JIRA)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Add support ala Struts to generate HTML or XHTML compliant close tags > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: STS-751 > URL: http://www.stripesframework.org/jira/browse/STS-751 > Project: Stripes > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Tag Library > Affects Versions: Release 1.5 > Environment: No specific OS required; no specific Java version > required; etc... > Reporter: Nikolaos > > > HTML and XHTML documents have some key differences. > > For example - if we consider the <input> tag: > - In HTML, the <input> tag has no end tag e.g. <input name="website.url" > type="text" size="30"> > - In XHTML, the <input> tag must be properly closed, like this <input /> > e.g. <input name="website.url" type="text" size="30" /> > > Stripes 1.5.x however does not have a mechanism to discern whether or not to > properly close tags or not and as such takes the safer approach which is to > explicitly close tags as it results in valid XHTML and is not an error for > HTML but results in a warning when validating HTML documents. Although the > latter is not a critical issue it does result in needless or unnecessary > complaints when validating and as such is an annoyance albeit minor. > > Struts since 1.x has solved this issue quite easily by allowing the inclusion > of the xhtml="true" attribute to mark that closure is required (false > indicates no closure). In this manner authors of XHTML and HTML documents are > equally satisfied in not having any errors or extraneous warnings. > > Timothy Stone had reported this issue and classified it as a bug here: > http://www.stripesframework.org/jira/browse/STS-556?page=com.atlassian.jira.pl > ugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=11931#action_1193> 1 > > The issue was rightly closed as "Not a bug" as most of the discussion was > based on a non-w3c validator which yielded results that considered the > validation unsuccessful which is not the case with the w3c validator (not to > mention that it is irrelevant whether or not XHTML is considered dead or we > should align to HTML 5 - etc...). > > As such this issue report is a re-statement of the above closed issue reported > as an improvement and setting the stage for patch to be attached. > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: > http://www.stripesframework.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa > - > For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-development mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-development > > -- Timothy Stone | Director, Application Developer Technical Lead Barclaycard | Business Technology Group, Solutions Delivery 125 S. West Street | Wilmington, DE | 19801 USA | www.barclaycardus.com +1 302 255 8044 direct | +1 410 441 9450 cell COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL P Before printing this e-mail, or any other document, ask yourself whether you need a hard copy Barclays www.barclaycardus.com This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity who is the intended recipient. Unauthorized use of this information is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender by replying to this message and delete this material from any system it may be on.
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