"JSP 2.0 Technology"
Vol. 8, Issue 7, p. 24

	



Listing 1 Using JSP configuration to disable scriptlets

<!-- /WEB-INF/web.xml -->

<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee web-app_2_4.xsd" 
 version="2.4">
<jsp-config>
 <jsp-property-group>
 <url-pattern>/client/*.jsp</url-pattern>
 <scripting-invalid>true</scripting-invalid>
 </jsp-property-group>
</jsp-config>
</web-app>



Listing 2 Defining a new EL function

<!-- /WEB-INF/tlds/mytaglib.tld -->
...
<function>
<description>
Returns a random number in the provided range.
</description>
<name>randomNumber</name>
 <function-class>mytaglib.Functions</function-class>
 <function-signature>
int randomNumber( int, int )
</function-signature>
<example>
my:randomNumber( 1, 10 )
</example>
</function>
...



Listing 3 JSP Page to display a shopping cart

<%@ taglib prefix="my" uri="http://acme.com/mytaglib" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

Here are the contents of your shopping cart:<br/>

<my:queryCart var="products" user="${username}" />

<table>
<c:forEach var="product" items="${products}">
<tr>
 <td>${product.name}</td>
 <td>${product.price}</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>



Listing 4 Tag files encapsulate reusable JSP code

<%-- /WEB-INF/tags/showCart.tag --%>
<%@ attribute name="username" rtexprvalue="true" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="my" uri="http://acme.com/mytaglib" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core %>

<my:queryCart var="products" user="${username}" />

<table>
<c:forEach var="product" items="${products}">
<tr>
 <td>${product.name}</td>
 <td>${product.price}</td>
</tr>

</c:forEach>
</table> 



Listing 5 Repeat Action implemented as a 'classic tag handler'

/* /WEB-INF/classes/mytaglib/RepeatClassicTag.java */
package mytaglib;

import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport;

public class RepeatClassicTag 
extends BodyTagSupport
{
private int count;
private int timesRemaining;

public int doStartTag() {
 this.timesRemaining = count;
 return EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE;
}

public int doAfterBody() {
 int result = EVAL_BODY_AGAIN;
 this.timesRemaining--;

 if( this.timesRemaining == 0 ) {
 result = SKIP_BODY;
 }

 return result;
}

public void setCount( int count ) {
 this.count = count;
}

public int getCount() {
 return this.count;
}
}



Listing 6 Repeat Action implemented as a 'simple tag handler'

<* /WEB-INF/classes/mytaglib/RepeatSimpleTag.java *>
package mytaglib;

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.SimpleTagSupport;

public class RepeatSimpleTag 
 extends SimpleTagSupport
{
 private int count;

 public void doTag() 
 throws IOException, JspException
 {
 for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ ) {
 getJspBody().invoke( null );
 }
 }

 public void setCount( int count ) {
 this.count = count;
 }

 public int getCount() {
 return this.count;
 }
}