On 8/30/05, Rahul Akolkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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 ]
That's fine. We can just show them how it should be done. ;-)
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.
Isn't that effectively the same thing, once all is said and done? Wouldn't
accessing a Constants bean be identical to accessing the constants from a
map provided by this tag?
--
Martin Cooper
-Rahul
>
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> > Martin Cooper
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> >
> > Thanks
> > >
> > > Luca
> > >
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