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

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport
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        +--org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.DefineTagSupport
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              +--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: 1.1 $
Author:
James Strachan

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport
body, context, hasTrimmed, parent, shouldTrim
 
Constructor Summary
BeanTag()
           
 
Method Summary
 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.
 java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()
           
protected  java.lang.reflect.Method getInvokeMethod(java.lang.Class theClass)
          Extracts the invoke method for the class if one is used.
 void setClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
          Sets the ClassLoader to use to load the class.
 void setClassName(java.lang.String className)
          Sets the Java class name to use for the tag
 void setName(java.lang.String name)
          Sets the name of the tag to create
 void setVarAttribute(java.lang.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, getBody, getBodyText, getBodyText, getContext, getParent, invokeBody, isTrim, setBody, setContext, 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 java.lang.Exception
Description copied from interface: Tag
Evaluates this tag after all the tags properties have been initialized.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)
Sets the name of the tag to create

setClassName

public void setClassName(java.lang.String className)
Sets the Java class name to use for the tag

setClassLoader

public void setClassLoader(java.lang.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 java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()
Returns:
the ClassLoader to use to load classes or will use the thread context loader if none is specified.

setVarAttribute

public void setVarAttribute(java.lang.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 java.lang.reflect.Method getInvokeMethod(java.lang.Class theClass)
                                            throws java.lang.Exception
Extracts the invoke method for the class if one is used.


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