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List:       taglibs-user
Subject:    Re: Need help with <x: tags
From:       Shawn Bayern <bayern () essentially ! net>
Date:       2002-12-19 20:53:23
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Hi Tom,

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Zvolensky, Thomas J {PGL~Nutley} wrote:

> Can someone advise if it is possible using x: tag in JSTL to obtain
> the value of an parameter within a tag?
> 
> For instance, I have a tag:
> 
> <version createdate='2002-03-06T21:45:17'
> filecreatedate='2002-03-06T21:45:16' filedatasize='25600'
> filemodifydate='2002-03-06T21:45:16' filename='Migration Issues.doc'
> fileplatform='2' fileressize='0' filetype='doc' id='6359951'
> indexed='0' locked='0' mimetype='application/msword'
> modifydate='2002-03-06T21:45:17' name='1' nodeid='6359949' number='1'
> owner='4763453' providerid='6359950' providername='EXTSHARED'>
> 
> and would like to retrieve the values for mimetype, filename,
> filecreatedate, etc.
> 
> Is this possible with JSTL or should I use the XTags library.

Sure, you can use XPath expressions that use the "@" shorthand notation
for the "attribute" axis, so you end up with something like

  /version/@mimetype

This means "the attribute 'mimetype' of the tag 'version.'"

Hope that helps,

-- 
Shawn Bayern
"JSTL in Action"   http://www.manning.com/bayern


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