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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 14:39:47 -0600 (CST)
Subject: EL in input taglib
From: "Grant Jokerst" <grant@jokerst.com>
To: <taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org>
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Hello,

Are there any plans to have EL support in the input taglib to ease
integration with the JSTL tags.  I know EL support has been added to the
strings taglib (which has made using JSTL much cleaner and easier).  What
is the current stance on adding EL support to other taglibs?  Are there
any decent servlet engines out there yet that support JSTL natively?

It is much cleaner to do
...
Date:
<input:text name="date" default="${curDate.rows[0].date}"/>
...

or alternatively nested tags could be added:
...
Date:
<input:text name="date">
  <input:default>
    <c:out value="${curDate.rows[0].date}"/>
  </input:default>
</input:text>
...

than
...
Date:
<input:text name="date"
default='<%org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.support.ExpressionEvaluatorManager.evaluate("curDate",
"${curDate.rows[0].date}", String.class, null, pageContext
).toString()%>'/>
...

I would be willing to make the changes.

Thanks,
Grant


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