public abstract class ConditionalTagSupport extends TagSupport
Abstract class that facilitates implementation of conditional actions where the boolean result is exposed as a JSP scoped variable. The boolean result may then be used as the test condition in a <c:when> action.
This base class provides support for:
id, pageContextEVAL_BODY_AGAINEVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE| Constructor and Description |
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ConditionalTagSupport()
Base constructor to initialize local state.
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protected abstract boolean |
condition()
Subclasses implement this method to compute the boolean result
of the conditional action.
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int |
doStartTag()
Includes its body if condition() evaluates to true.
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void |
release()
Releases any resources this ConditionalTagSupport may have (or inherit).
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void |
setScope(String scope)
Sets the 'scope' attribute.
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void |
setVar(String var)
Sets the 'var' attribute.
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doAfterBody, doEndTag, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValuepublic ConditionalTagSupport()
protected abstract boolean condition()
throws JspTagException
Subclasses implement this method to compute the boolean result of the conditional action. This method is invoked once per tag invocation by doStartTag().
JspTagExceptionpublic int doStartTag()
throws JspException
doStartTag in interface TagdoStartTag in class TagSupportJspException - if an error occurs while processing this tagTag.doStartTag()public void release()
release in interface Tagrelease in class TagSupportTag.release()public void setVar(String var)
var - Name of the exported scoped variable storing the result of
condition().public void setScope(String scope)
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