org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define

Class BeanTag

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport

org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.DefineTagSupport

org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.BeanTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

Tag

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClassLoaderTag, JellyBeanTag

public class BeanTag
extends DefineTagSupport

Binds a Java bean to the given named Jelly tag so that the attributes of the tag set the bean properties..

Version:

$Revision: 155420 $

Author:

James Strachan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport

body, context, parent

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeanTag()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAttribute(Attribute attribute) Adds a new attribute definition to this dynamic tag
void	doTag(XMLOutput output) Evaluates this tag after all the tags properties have been initialized.
ClassLoader	getClassLoader()
protected Method	getInvokeMethod(Class theClass) Extracts the invoke method for the class if one is used.
void	setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) Sets the ClassLoader to use to load the class.
void	setClassName(String className) Sets the Java class name to use for the tag
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of the tag to create
void	setVarAttribute(String varAttribute) Sets the name of the attribute used to define the bean variable that this dynamic tag will output its results as.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.DefineTagSupport

getTagLibrary

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport

findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, getBody, getBodyText, getBodyText, getContext, getParent, invokeBody, isEscapeText, isTrim, setBody, setContext, setEscapeText, setParent, setTrim, trimBody

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanTag

public BeanTag()

Method Detail

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(Attribute attribute)

Adds a new attribute definition to this dynamic tag

doTag

public void doTag(XMLOutput output)
           throws MissingAttributeException,
                  JellyTagException

Description copied from interface: Tag

Evaluates this tag after all the tags properties have been initialized.

Throws:

MissingAttributeException

JellyTagException

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name of the tag to create

setClassName

public void setClassName(String className)

Sets the Java class name to use for the tag

setClassLoader

public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader)

Sets the ClassLoader to use to load the class. If no value is set then the current threads context class loader is used.

getClassLoader

public ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Returns:

the ClassLoader to use to load classes specified by this object, the thread context loader if the context flag is set, or the class used to load this class.

setVarAttribute

public void setVarAttribute(String varAttribute)

Sets the name of the attribute used to define the bean variable that this dynamic tag will output its results as. This defaults to 'var' though this property can be used to change this if it conflicts with a bean property called 'var'.

getInvokeMethod

protected Method getInvokeMethod(Class theClass)

Extracts the invoke method for the class if one is used.