org.opensubsystems.core.www
Class StringLimitTag

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
      javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport
          org.opensubsystems.core.www.StringLimitTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

public class StringLimitTag
extends javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport

Custom tag to intelligently limit the length of a text to certain length. If the length of the string needs to be limited, it will be cut if possible on a word boundary and a ... will be appended to the end.

Version:

$Id: StringLimitTag.java,v 1.6 2007/01/07 06:14:08 bastafidli Exp $

Author:

Miro Halas

See Also:

Serialized Form

Code reviewer:

Miro Halas

Code reviewed:

1.3 2006/02/17 06:54:09 bastafidli

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String

m_strLimit Number representing the length to limit the text present in the body of the tag to.

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 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

StringLimitTag()
Constructor for custom tag.

Method Summary

int	doEndTag()
int	doStartTag()
java.lang.String	getLimit()
void	setLimit(java.lang.String strLimit)

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

doAfterBody, doInitBody, getBodyContent, getPreviousOut, release, setBodyContent

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

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

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

getParent, setPageContext, setParent

Field Detail

m_strLimit

protected java.lang.String m_strLimit

Number representing the length to limit the text present in the body of the tag to.

Constructor Detail

StringLimitTag

public StringLimitTag()

Constructor for custom tag.

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.BodyTagSupport

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.BodyTagSupport

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

getLimit

public java.lang.String getLimit()

Returns:

String - numeric limit representing length to limit the body text

setLimit

public void setLimit(java.lang.String strLimit)

Parameters:

strLimit - - numeric limit representing length to limit the body text to