Display tag library 1.2

Overview

The display tag library is an open source suite of custom tags that provide high-level web presentation patterns which will work in an MVC model. The library provides a significant amount of functionality while still being easy to use.

Requirements 

• Download the display tag libraries from site . or use maven dependency

                             <dependency>

                         <groupId>displaytag</groupId> 

                         <artifactId>displaytag</artifactId> 

                         <version>1.1</version> 

                    </dependency>

• In jsp file import taglib 

                  <%@taglib prefix="display" uri="http://displaytag.sf.net" %>

Note : Display tag internally use the 'TableTag.properties' file. If we really want to customize the display tag we need create the 'display.properties' file or add the properties in <display:set> tag in jsp . Put the 'display.properties' file in your class path . If you want to customize the css of table that generate by the <display> tag , create a css file and name the css file and create the class 'displayTable' and set the class attribute of <display> tag is 'displayTable' . 

The example of display tag as below : 

<display:table id="user" name="${users}" pagesize="2" class="displayTable "requestRI="listUsers.htm">

     <display:column property="userinfo.firstname" title="First Name" />

     <display:column property="userinfo.lastname" title="Last Name" />

     <display:column property="userName" title="Login" />

     <display:column title="Email" >

<a href="mailto:${user.userinfo.email}">${user.userinfo.email}</a>

     </display:column>

     <c:forEach var="roles" items="${roles}" >

<display:column title="${roles.name}">

  <c:forEach var="roleOfUser" items="${user.userRoles}">

    <c:set var="roleId" value="${roleOfUser.role}"></c:set>

<c:choose>

          <c:when test="${roleId.id eq roles.id }">

    <i class="icon-ok"></i>

  </c:when>

</c:choose>

  </c:forEach>

        </display:column>

     </c:forEach>

     <display:column title="Edit" > 

       <a href="#" onclick="javascript:window.location.href='editUser.htm?userName=${userList.userName}';">

  <i class="icon-pencil"></i>

       </a>

     </display:column>

     <display:column title="Delete">

        <a href="deleteUser.htm?id=${userList.userName}" onclick="return confirm('Warning: This deletes the data from everywhere! Are you sure?')">

  <i class="icon-remove"></i>

        </a>

     </display:column>

     <display:setProperty name="paging.banner.placement" value="bottom" />

     <display:setProperty name="basic.msg.empty_list"  value="No Records Found" />   </display:table>