Well, there is a way in MyFaces to do so. check out the t:aliasBean!
regards, Martin On 8/26/05, Udo Schnurpfeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * The fact that you can use a value binding expression on nearly > > every attribute makes using rt expressions redundant ... you can > > do anything you need with a value binding anyway. > > A very powerful feature in JSP 2.0 are "Custom Tags". > > Having a bean Foo in your application with several instances. > Now you write some code to edit this bean. If you put this code > into a custom tag like > > WEB-INF/tags/beans/foo.tag begin ------------------------------ > > <%@ attribute name="bean" %> > <h:outputLabel value="here comes my bean: " /> > <h:inputText value="#{${bean}.firstName}" /> > <h:inputText value="#{${bean}.secondName}" /> > > foo.tag end -------------------------------- > > you can use this snip many times on your jsp like > > page.jsp begin ------------------------------ > > <%@ taglib tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags/beans" prefix="beans" %> > <beans:foo bean="foo1" /> > <beans:foo bean="foo2" /> > <beans:foo bean="foo3" /> > > page.jsp end -------------------------------- > > Unfortunately this does not work. Because of the rtexpression=false. > > In tobago we decided to enable the feature, to make such things work. > > Is there a way in JSF 1.2 / JSP 2.1 to make such sniplets run without > dublicating code? > > Udo > > > In JSF 1.2 / JSP 2.1, the concepts are getting unified ... but in the > > mean time (when the JSP container doesn't know what a value binding > > expression is) this was the decision made at the JSF spec level. > > > > > > Craig > > > > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Trainings in English and German