com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html
Class FormatTag

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
      javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport
          com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.AbstractBaseTag
              com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html.FormatTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

HtmlConstants, Serializable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Direct Known Subclasses:

FormatDate, FormatNumber, FormatString

public abstract class FormatTag
extends AbstractBaseTag

Abstract base class for formatting tags. Provides the basic formatting properties, as well as the base for the internal FormatTag.Formatter class.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

FormatTag.Formatter Internal FormatTag.Formatter which performs the actual formatting.

Field Summary

protected String	pattern The pattern used by a FormatTag to do its formatting.
protected String	patternValue

Fields inherited from class com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.AbstractBaseTag

ATTR_GENERAL, ATTR_GENERAL_EXPRESSION, ATTR_JAVASCRIPT, ATTR_STYLE, JAVASCRIPT_STATUS, NETUI_UNIQUE_CNT

Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport

bodyContent

Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

id, pageContext

Fields inherited from interface com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.html.HtmlConstants

ACCEPT, ACCESSKEY, ACTION, ALIGN, ALINK, ALT, ANCHOR, BACKGROUND, BASE, BGCOLOR, BODY, BORDER, BR, CAPTION, CELLPADDING, CELLSPACING, CHAR, CHAROFF, CHARSET, CHECKED, CLASS, COLS, COORDS, DIR, DISABLED, DIV, ENCTYPE, FOR, FORM, FORM_GET, FORM_POST, FRAME, HEIGHT, HREF, HREFLANG, HSPACE, HTML, ID, IMAGE, INPUT, INPUT_BUTTON, INPUT_CHECKBOX, INPUT_FILE, INPUT_HIDDEN, INPUT_IMAGE, INPUT_PASSWORD, INPUT_RADIO, INPUT_RESET, INPUT_SUBMIT, INPUT_TEXT, ISMAP, LABEL, LANG, LINK, LONGDESC, MAXLENGTH, METHOD, NAME, ONBLUR, ONCHANGE, ONCLICK, ONDBLCLICK, ONFOCUS, ONKEYDOWN, ONKEYPRESS, ONKEYUP, ONLOAD, ONMOUSEDOWN, ONMOUSEMOVE, ONMOUSEOUT, ONMOUSEOVER, ONMOUSEUP, ONRESET, ONSELECT, ONSUBMIT, ONUNLOAD, OPTION, READONLY, REL, REV, ROWS, RULES, SELECT, SHAPE, SIZE, SPAN, SRC, STYLE, SUMMARY, TABINDEX, TABLE, TARGET, TD, TEXT, TEXTAREA, TITLE, TR, TYPE, USEMAP, VALIGN, VALUE, VLINK, VSPACE, WIDTH

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag

EVAL_BODY_BUFFERED, EVAL_BODY_TAG

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

EVAL_BODY_AGAIN

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE

Constructor Summary

FormatTag()

Method Summary

int	doStartTag() Create the internal Formatter instance and perform the formatting.
String	getCountry() Gets the country code for the locale.
String	getLanguage() Gets the language code for the locale.
Locale	getLocale() Returns the locale based on the country and language.
String	getPattern() Gets the pattern to be used by this FormatTag.
protected void	localRelease() Release any acquired resources.
void	setCountry(String country) Sets the country code for the locale.
void	setLanguage(String language) Sets the language code for the locale.
void	setPattern(String pattern) Sets the pattern to be used by this FormatTag.

Methods inherited from class com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.AbstractBaseTag

addTagIdMapping, containsExpression, evaluateAttributeToString, evaluateExpression, filter, filter, formatErrorString, formatString, getAttribute, getErrorsReport, getExpressionEvaluator, getJavaScriptUtils, getNearestForm, getNextId, getQualifiedBundleName, getScriptReporter, getTagName, getUserLocale, hasErrors, isExpression, prepForRendering, registerAttribute, registerError, registerTagError, release, removeAttribute, renderAttribute, renderAttributes, reportErrors, rewriteName, setPageContext, updateExpression, write

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport

doAfterBody, doEndTag, doInitBody, getBodyContent, getPreviousOut, setBodyContent

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, removeValue, setId, setParent, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

getParent, setParent

Field Detail

pattern

protected String pattern

The pattern used by a FormatTag to do its formatting.

patternValue

protected String patternValue

Exclude:

Constructor Detail

FormatTag

public FormatTag()

Method Detail

getLanguage

public String getLanguage()

Gets the language code for the locale.

Returns:

the language code

setLanguage

public void setLanguage(String language)

Sets the language code for the locale.

Parameters:

language - - the language code

Beadoc.attributedescription:

Determines a formatting style for the specified language. The language attribute is optional, but it must be set when the country attribute is set. The language attribute takes a lowercase, two letter code as defined by ISO-639. For a list of language codes see ISO-639 Language Codes

Beadoc.attributesyntaxvalue:

string_language

Beadoc.databindable:

false

getCountry

public String getCountry()

Gets the country code for the locale.

Returns:

the country code.

setCountry

public void setCountry(String country)

Sets the country code for the locale.

Parameters:

country - - the country code

Beadoc.attributedescription:

Determines a formatting style for the specified country. The country attribute takes an uppercase, two letter code as defined by ISO-3166. For a list of country codes see ISO-3166 Country Codes

Beadoc.attributesyntaxvalue:

string_country

Beadoc.databindable:

false

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

Returns the locale based on the country and language.

Returns:

the locale

getPattern

public String getPattern()

Gets the pattern to be used by this FormatTag.

Returns:

the pattern.

setPattern

public void setPattern(String pattern)

Sets the pattern to be used by this FormatTag.

Parameters:

pattern - - the pattern to be used

Beadoc.attributedescription:

The pattern used to format the input.

For detailed information on pattern syntax see java.text.DecimalFormat.

Beadoc.attributesyntaxvalue:

string_simpleDataFormat

Beadoc.databindable:

Read Only

doStartTag

public int doStartTag()
               throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Create the internal Formatter instance and perform the formatting.

Specified by:

doStartTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Overrides:

doStartTag in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException - if a JSP exception has occurred

localRelease

protected void localRelease()

Release any acquired resources.

Overrides:

localRelease in class AbstractBaseTag