yes, this will be a significant contribution. Just the right stuff for a public taglib, it will be interesting to see how it evolves. I especially like the writing in the examples and its sensitivity to usage. I hope you get a chance to carry that over to the documentation you suggest.
bravo. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:37 PM Subject: Submission... <display:table...> tag library > Hello, > > A few weeks ago, I mentioned in the struts-user list a tag library that we > are developing which at the time I called gui:table... I didn't have the > source ready to go at the time - but rather then trying to get it perfect in > isolation, I'll risk the public humiliation and go ahead and make available > what I have now and try to work with others who are interested in > helping me polish it up. > > Currently, this taglib has a single key tag called "table" that takes a list > of objects and displays them as a table. It has various features > (alternating row colors, using a decorator for formatting, sorting, > pagination, etc...) > > My goal over time will be to add other common "high-level" web display > patterns to the tag library, for example: > > - display:table > - display:tree > - display:tabs > - display:inspector > - etc... > > The source to this tag library is available at: > > http://edhill.its.uiowa.edu/downloads/display.zip > > Examples, showing usage can be found at: > > http://edhill.its.uiowa.edu/display-examples/ > > Currently, documentation is little more then just the examples. > > To be honest, my original intention was to donate this taglib to struts if > there was interest, as we are heavy struts users here at the U of Iowa, and > I wanted to give back if possible, but there is nothing "struts-specific" > about the taglib (other then using some struts-like naming conventions for > attributes), so it is probably more appropriately a candidate for the taglib > project, and as such, I have been working on getting the build process for > the tag working in a jakarta-taglib style. > > I welcome any and all feedback and advice. If this taglib seems like > something that would be useful for either struts or taglibs, please let me > know, and I'll be happy to work with either group to get it put into CVS and > on a more serious release schedule. > > I am currently being presumptuous, and have the taglib living in the > org.apache.taglibs.display package, but if this doesn't seem like something > that would be of use to taglibs, I will certainly change the packaging to > something more appropriate. > > Thanks. > > -Ed Hill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Software Developer - Information Technology Services - University of Iowa > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
