The Common-Controls Tag Library

Tags Reference Documentation Version 1.6.020

[ Introduction ]

The Common-Controls form a Java™ presentation framework for J2EE™ web applications on the basis of Java™ Servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Apache Struts. The presentation framework contains the most common control elements as are required repeatedly for the development of J2EE™-applications with HTML-frontends.

• Tables
• Trees
• Tabfolder
• Forms and Formelements
• Menus
• Scheduler

[ Usage & Requirements ]

For using the Common Controls tag library, the file common-controls-bin.jar must be added to the application. To do so, the file merely has to be copied into the directory WEB-INF/lib.

In addition, the tag library must be included in the Deployment Descriptor (WEB-INF/web.xml). For this, the following sections can be copied:

<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-base.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-base.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>


<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-controls.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-controls.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>


<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-forms.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-forms.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>


<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-menu.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-menu.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>


<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-security.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-security.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>


<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-svg.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-svg.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>


<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-template.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-template.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>


<taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-utility.tld</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-utility.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>

Note: The relevant Tag Library Descriptor File xx.tld must be saved in the subdirectory tlds in the WEB-INF directory.

Now, the tags of the Common Controls tag library can be used in the der JSP Page by including the following directives at the start of the page

	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-controls"
		
prefix="ctrl" %>
	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-forms"
			
prefix="forms" %>
	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-utility"
			
prefix="util" %>
	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-menu"
			
prefix="menu" %>
	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-base"
			
prefix="base" %>
	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-template"
		
prefix="template" %>
	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-svg"
				
prefix="svg" %>
	
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/cc-security.tld"
	
prefix="sec" %>


or


	
<%@ taglib prefix="ctrl"
		
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-ctrl" %>
	
<%@ taglib prefix="forms"
		
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-forms" %>
	
<%@ taglib prefix="util"
		
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-util" %>
	
<%@ taglib prefix="menu"
		
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-menu" %>
	
<%@ taglib prefix="base"
		
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-base" %>
	
<%@ taglib prefix="template"
	
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-template" %>
	
<%@ taglib prefix="svg"
		
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-svg" %>
	
<%@ taglib prefix="sec"
		
uri="http://www.common-controls.com/cc/tags-sec" %>