What James is suggesting is that by "dig(ging) into the source code of the taglibs" is that you can:
1. get an appreciation of exactly how these tags operate in the page environment, including what other tags they recognize and can execute as body content; 2. modify the source code to suit your needs (not recommended) and recompile; 3. extend a taglib class that closely meets your needs and add the functionality you want. Concurrent with examining/subclassing the base classes, you will also want to look at/modify the tag TLD file. The great thing about open source (and it's danger) is that you can do anything you want with it. Try modifying the behavior of a Micro$oft app.... Speaking of open sores [sic], what's up with all the fuss over Red Hat owning 85 percent of the US market? Mark -----Original Message----- From: John Averty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:07 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Reference Struts HTML tags from within a custom tag? *Please help!* > Your best bet is to dig into the source code of the taglibs and see what > names the beans/strings/whatever are being stored under (and the proper > scope as well). That way you can get a handle on anything you want. Even if I get a handle on the tags, what do I do with it to associate them with the ActionForm? Rendering/validation? Sorry if the question sounds dumb; I'm a new Struts user, and I didn't get a good handle yet. But I'm hoping to be able to be more dynamic than what the basic use of Struts allow: my compagny is building an application more than a portal (permissions, roles, etc.)). I'd like to build dynamic and configurable (as of by professional services) components to be able to modify/extend the fields forms without them needing an understanding of Struts. >> Check out the doco as well doco? Thanks, John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Averty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:56 PM Subject: RE: Reference Struts HTML tags from within a custom tag? *Please help!* > Your best bet is to dig into the source code of the taglibs and see what > names the beans/strings/whatever are being stored under (and the proper > scope as well). That way you can get a handle on anything you want. > > Check out the doco as well. There's plenty info out there. > > HTH > > James Mitchell > Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist > Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" > http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Averty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:30 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Reference Struts HTML tags from within a custom tag? *Please > > help!* > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to build a custom tag that would render a (dynamicly generated) > > list of fields. > > > > Is there a way for me to: > > - get a reference to Strut's HTML tags from within a custom tag? (assuming > > we know which tag to get) > > - have the html tag handle the rendering? > > - still be able to use Strut's validation? > > > > Any ideas out there on how to do that? Any help would be appreciated. > > > > John. > > > > -- > > 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]> > -- 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]>