org.mmbase.bridge.jsp.taglib
Interface Writer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AliasListTag, CountRelationsTag, FieldInfoTag, FieldTag, FormatterTag, IndexTag, InfoTag, NodeInfoTag, SizeTag, TimeTag, WriteTag, GetInfoTag, UrlTag

public interface Writer

Writer tag are tags which can write something to the page (or to something else). To ensure a common behavior, this interface is created. Tags implementing this interface can (should?) use 'WriterHelper' for a quick implementation.

Author:

Michiel Meeuwissen

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getWriterValue() Subtags of 'Writer' tag can request the value.
void	haveBody() To be used by child tags.
void	setJspvar(java.lang.String j) JspVar to Create, and write to
void	setVartype(java.lang.String t) Type of the jspvar.
void	setWrite(java.lang.String t) Wether to write to page or not.

Method Detail

setWrite

public void setWrite(java.lang.String t)
              throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException

Wether to write to page or not. This has to default to 'false' if the tag has a body, and to 'true' if it hasn't.

setJspvar

public void setJspvar(java.lang.String j)

JspVar to Create, and write to

setVartype

public void setVartype(java.lang.String t)
                throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException

Type of the jspvar.

getWriterValue

public java.lang.Object getWriterValue()
                                throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException

Subtags of 'Writer' tag can request the value.

haveBody

public void haveBody()
              throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException

To be used by child tags. If they are present, they say to the writer tag that it has body, which it can use to determine a default for the write property.

Since:

MMBase-1.6