org.apache.taglibs.i18n
Class FormatTagSupport

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
      extended by org.apache.taglibs.i18n.FormatTagSupport
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag
Direct Known Subclasses:
FormatCurrencyTag, FormatDateTagSupport, FormatNumberTag, FormatPercentTag

public abstract class FormatTagSupport
extends javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

An abstract base class for the formatting tags to provide implementation inheritence.

Version:
$Revision$
Author:
James Strachan
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
protected static java.lang.String _tagname
           
 
Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
id, pageContext
 
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
FormatTagSupport()
           
 
Method Summary
 int doEndTag()
           
 int doStartTag()
           
 java.lang.String getDefaultText()
           
protected abstract  java.text.Format getFormat()
          Abstract class to return the value formatter
 java.util.Locale getLocale()
          If no Locale has been explicitly configured then use the parent LocaleTag if present else the Locale from the ServletRequest else use the default JVM Locale.
protected  int getStyleCode(java.lang.String style)
          A helper method for date, datetime & time based formatting tags.
 java.lang.Object getValue()
           
protected  void handleIOException(java.io.IOException e)
           
 void release()
           
 void setDefaultText(java.lang.String defaultText)
           
 void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)
           
 void setValue(java.lang.Object value)
           
 
Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
doAfterBody, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

_tagname

protected static java.lang.String _tagname
Constructor Detail

FormatTagSupport

public FormatTagSupport()
Method Detail

doStartTag

public int doStartTag()
               throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException
Specified by:
doStartTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag
Overrides:
doStartTag in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
Throws:
javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

doEndTag

public int doEndTag()
             throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException
Specified by:
doEndTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag
Overrides:
doEndTag in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
Throws:
javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

release

public void release()
Specified by:
release in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag
Overrides:
release in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

getLocale

public java.util.Locale getLocale()
If no Locale has been explicitly configured then use the parent LocaleTag if present else the Locale from the ServletRequest else use the default JVM Locale.


setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

getDefaultText

public java.lang.String getDefaultText()

setDefaultText

public void setDefaultText(java.lang.String defaultText)

getFormat

protected abstract java.text.Format getFormat()
Abstract class to return the value formatter


handleIOException

protected void handleIOException(java.io.IOException e)
                          throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException
Throws:
javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

getStyleCode

protected int getStyleCode(java.lang.String style)
A helper method for date, datetime & time based formatting tags. This method converts a string into a DateFormat style code.



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