On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Christopher Bare wrote:
> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:02:51 -0700 (PDT) > From: Christopher Bare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: request for feedback on proposed parameter tag > > Is there any interest in a ParameterTag that would > allow parameters to be added to the URL generated by > LinkTag? Something that would allow you to do create > links like so: > > <ul> > <logic:iterate id="product" name="product-list"> > <li><html:link page="/myaction.do"> > <html:parameter id="id" name="product" > property="id"/> > <html:parameter id="category" name="product" > property="category"/> > <bean:write name="product" property="name"/> > </html:link> > </logic:iterate> > </ul> > > -or- > > <html:link page="/myaction.do" > <html:parameter id="param1" name="mybean" > property="myproperty"/> > <html:parameter id="param2" name="mybean" > property="myotherproperty"/> > <html:parameter id="param3" value="literal-value"/> > Link Display Text > </html:link> > > -or even- > > <html:link> > <html:parameter > id="wombatId"><foo:wombat/></html:parameter> > Go to a Wombat > </html:link> > > This would give you the ability to append an arbitrary > number of parameters to a URL while remaining purely > tag based. Also, you can specify the value of the > parameter using an application specific custom tag, > such as my wombat tag above. > I think this is the sort of incremental improvement in existing technology that would make sense in a 1.x time frame. > It is kind-of verbose, and requires some > re-arrangement of LinkTag, but no code changes > otherwise. > > Does this seem worthwhile? Is it not very useful in > light of JSTL? Speaking of that, are the struts tags > going to be deprecated at some point? Any feedback > would be appreciated. > Because <html:link> does some things that <c:url> does not, it probably makes sense to do this. > Thanks, > > -Chris > > p.s. Thanks for making an extremely useful framework > available and popular. > Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
