Put an attribute in enclosing attribute container tag.
Enclosing attribute container tag can be :
<initContainer>
<definition>
<insertAttribute>
<insertDefinition>
<putListAttribute>
(or any other tag which implements the PutAttributeTagParent interface. Exception is thrown if no appropriate tag can be found.
Put tag can have following atributes :
name : Name of the attribute
value : value to put as attribute
type : value type. Possible type are : string (value is used as direct string), template (value is used as a page url to insert), definition (value is used as a definition name to insert), object (value is used as it is)
role : Role to check when 'insertAttribute' will be called.
Value can also come from tag body. Tag body is taken into account only if value is not set by one of the tag attributes. In this case Attribute type is "string", unless tag body define another type.
Tag Information
Tag Class
org.apache.tiles.jsp.taglib.PutAttributeTag
TagExtraInfo Class
None
Body Content
JSP
Display Name
None
Attributes
Name
Required
Request-time
Type
Description
name
true
true
java.lang.String
Name of the attribute.
value
false
true
java.lang.Object
Attribute value. Could be a String or an Object.
type
false
false
java.lang.String
Specify content type: string, template or definition.
string : Content is printed directly.
template : Content is included from specified URL. Value is used as an URL.
definition : Value is the name of a definition defined in factory (xml file). Definition will be searched in the inserted tile, in a <tiles:insertAttribute name="attributeName"> tag, where 'attributeName' is the name used for this tag.
object: the value is used as it is.
role
false
true
java.lang.String
If the user is in the specified role, the tag is taken into account; otherwise, the tag is ignored (skipped).
cascade
false
false
boolean
If true, the attribute value will be cascaded to nested templates and definitions.
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