Decorator Utils: Decorator Tag Library
This Tag Library is usefull for decorating objects, transforming the data
containers in presentable text data. This is done by aplying a decorator
to the object we wish to decorate.
This is version 0.6 .
-
decorate
This tag is usefull for decorating objects, transforming the data
containers in presentable text data .
-
decorateAndStore
This tag is usefull for decorating objects, transforming the data
containers in presentable text data .
-
iterateAndDecorate
This tag is usefull for decorating objects, transforming the data
containers in presentable text data .
Required attributes are marked with a * .
decorate
This tag is usefull for decorating objects, transforming the data
containers in presentable text data. This is done by aplying a decorator
to the object we wish to decorate.
Can contain: JSP
Attributes
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|
| attributes |
A set of extra attributes that you may wish to add to your decorator
through setter methods. The set of attributes should be seperated by
commas (',').
The attributes may be static or dynamic. For static attributes you must
indicate the name of the property and it's value in the following manner:
property=value. Dynamic attributes only require the name of the
bean to retrieve, which will also be the name of the property to set.
| String |
| *decorator |
The fully qualified class name of a class that should be used to "decorate"
the underlying object being displayed.
| String |
| iterate |
When set to true, the decorator expects a Collection of values
to decorate and iterates through the Collection decorating
each object seperatly.
Default value is false.
| boolean |
| *name | The name of the bean to be retrieved. | String |
| property | The name of the property to be retrieved. | String |
| scope |
The scope within which to search for the specified bean.
Default is page scope.
| String |
| setPageContext |
If set to true, the decorator will be populated with the PageContext
instance. Setter methods for pageContext must be exist in the decorator
class (setPageContext).
Default value is false.
| boolean |
decorateAndStore
This tag is usefull for decorating objects, transforming the data
containers in presentable text data. This is done by aplying a decorator
to the object we wish to decorate.
Can contain: JSP
Attributes
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|
| attributes |
A set of extra attributes that you may wish to add to your decorator
through setter methods. The set of attributes should be seperated by
commas (',').
The attributes may be static or dynamic. For static attributes you must
indicate the name of the property and it's value in the following manner:
property=value. Dynamic attributes only require the name of the
bean to retrieve, which will also be the name of the property to set.
| String |
| *decorator |
The fully qualified class name of a class that should be used to "decorate"
the underlying object being displayed.
| String |
| *id |
Stores the result of the decoration in the specified scope instead of
printing it. If the scope is not specified, the default scope is the
page scope.
| String |
| iterate |
When set to true, the decorator expects a Collection of values
to decorate and iterates through the Collection decorating
each object seperatly.
Default value is false.
| boolean |
| *name | The name of the bean to be retrieved. | String |
| property | The name of the property to be retrieved. | String |
| scope |
The scope within which to search for the specified bean.
Default is page scope.
| String |
| setPageContext |
If set to true, the decorator will be populated with the PageContext
instance. Setter methods for pageContext must be exist in the decorator
class (setPageContext).
Default value is false.
| boolean |
| toScope | The scope in which the result will be stored. | String |
iterateAndDecorate
This tag is usefull for decorating objects, transforming the data
containers in presentable text data. This is done by aplying a decorator
to the object we wish to decorate.
Can contain: JSP
Attributes
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|
| attributes |
A set of extra attributes that you may wish to add to your decorator
through setter methods. The set of attributes should be seperated by
commas (',').
The attributes may be static or dynamic. For static attributes you must
indicate the name of the property and it's value in the following manner:
property=value. Dynamic attributes only require the name of the
bean to retrieve, which will also be the name of the property to set.
| String |
| *decorator |
The fully qualified class name of a class that should be used to "decorate"
the underlying object being displayed.
| String |
| *id |
Stores the result of the decoration in the specified scope instead of
printing it. If the scope is not specified, the default scope is the
page scope.
| String |
| iterate |
When set to true, the decorator expects a Collection of values
to decorate and iterates through the Collection decorating
each object seperatly.
Default value is false.
| boolean |
| *name | The name of the bean to be retrieved. | String |
| property | The name of the property to be retrieved. | String |
| scope |
The scope within which to search for the specified bean.
Default is page scope.
| String |
| setPageContext |
If set to true, the decorator will be populated with the PageContext
instance. Setter methods for pageContext must be exist in the decorator
class (setPageContext).
Default value is false.
| boolean |
| toScope | The scope in which the result will be stored. | String |
