I'm as fond of JSTL as the next developer, but it's a case-by-case basis as to
whether it trumps Struts (or any other) tags. The big win with using
<html:link>, or <html-el:link>, is the ability to leverage the path of your actions:
<html:link action="/path/to/action" ...
They also have built-in support for maps as a collection of request parameters.
<c:url>, on the other hand, requires the use of <c:param> child elements, one
per parameter. So, especially for a Struts app, I'd say <c:url> is much *less*
sophisticated.
And then there's transaction control token support...
For your specific case (as Robert replied):
<html:link action="/viewOrder"
paramId="orderNo"
paramName="order"
paramProperty="ponum">
View Order
</html:link>
If you need multiple request parameters, make use of a map:
<html:link action="/viewOrder"
name="paramMap">
View Order
</html:link>
Or:
<html:link action="/viewOrder"
name="someBean"
property="paramMap">
View Order
</html:link>
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/struts-html.html#link
Quoting Pat Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Cheers guys i'll have a look into JSTL URL.
>
>
> >From: Vic Cekvenic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: <html:link/> & URL Parameters
> >Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:39:14 -0400
> >
> >Consider using JSTL URL for link, it is much more sophisticated.
> >hth,
> >.V
> >
> >Pat Quinn wrote:
> >>Hi Guys,
> >>
> >>I trying to use the <html:link/> tag library with dynamic url parameters
> >>e.g (which doesn't work).
> >>
> >>
> >><html:link action="/viewOrder.do?orderNo=<c:out
> >>value="${order.ponum}"/>">View Order</html:link>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>How should i do this with out using the standard HTML Href tag?
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D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/>
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