On 8/30/05, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/30/05, Luca Passani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Martin Cooper wrote: > > > > > > > >and then 'TheConstants' contains a map of all constants in the class, so > > you > > >can use, for example: > > > > > >${TheConstants.URL} > > > > > > > > > > > bang on. That would be cool. I have worked my problem around in my > > application, but your solution would be better, since it would decouple > > my action from the underlying API. Should I hold my breath? > > > Well, I might have a go at adding it tonight, if I have time. It's been a > *long* time since I've tried to build Taglibs, though, so if I have trouble > with that, it might not happen, since I don't want to break the nightly > builds. <snip/>
That can't stop us ;-) I'm happy to jump in, if needed. However, couple of data points: 1) This issue is listed to be tackled in the EL 2.1-EDR [ https://jsp-spec-public.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=134 ] 2) Another approach that some choose is to provide a "Constants" bean that supplies getters for the constants, which is what we ended up doing for the RDC taglib. -Rahul > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > Thanks > > > > Luca > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]