"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
> Wong Kok Wai wrote:
>
> > A general question:
> >
> > I've noticed in the implementation of release method in the tags, there
> > is always a call to super.release(). The exception being the template
> > tags. My question is: is calling super.release() a best practise and
> > why? If so, should the template tags also follow this practise?
> >
>
> If your class is a subclass of another, and you want to execute the superclass's
> functionality along with your own (which is usually the case on release() in a
> custom tag), then you should call super.release().
>
> The template tags all extend TagSupport or BodyTagSupport, which *currently*
> have do-nothing release() methods, but it would be good form to call
> super.release() in these cases just in case functionality gets added there
> later. David, do you want to go ahead and make those changes?
Got it.
david
