com.taggercat.tags
Class TCSetTag

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
      com.taggercat.tags.AbstractExpEvalTag
          com.taggercat.tags.TCSetTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.taggercat.el.ELPropertyResolver, java.io.Serializable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

public class TCSetTag
extends AbstractExpEvalTag

This tag evaluates an expression and set an attribute on the specified scope.

This tag functions the same as the JSTL tag of the same name. The difference is that it uses the Tagger Cat EL.

The test attribute is not wrapped in ${ and } delimiters.

Tag Attributes

1. value the expression to be evaluated
2. var the variable name
3. scope the scope to place the results on( defaults to page )

The scope can be one of:

 page - default if not specified
 session
 request
 application
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

EVAL_BODY_AGAIN

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE

Constructor Summary

TCSetTag()

Method Summary

int	doEndTag() Process the end tag.
int	doStartTag() Process the start tag for this instance.

Methods inherited from class com.taggercat.tags.AbstractExpEvalTag

getModel, resolveProperty, setScope, setValue, setVar

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

doAfterBody, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, release, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TCSetTag

public TCSetTag()

Method Detail

doEndTag

public int doEndTag()
             throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Process the end tag. This method will be called on all Tag objects. All instance state associated with this instance must be reset.

Specified by:

doEndTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Overrides:

doEndTag in class AbstractExpEvalTag

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Returns:

EVAL_PAGE

doStartTag

public int doStartTag()
               throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Process the start tag for this instance. The doStartTag() method assumes that all setter methods have been invoked before. When this method is invoked, the body has not yet been invoked.

Specified by:

doStartTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Overrides:

doStartTag in class AbstractExpEvalTag

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Returns:

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE if the tag wants to process body, SKIP_BODY if it does not want to process it.