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20031220 Saturday December 20, 2003

Struts Menu 2.1 Released! This release is primarily a bug-fixing release, but I also added a couple of enhancements. The first is the variable substitution now uses JSTL, which means two things.

  • You must use a JSP 1.2 container and include the standard tag library in your project for this to work.
  • You can now use "dot" notation in your variables. For example, ${user.name} will now work.

Other enhancements include added support for standalone menus in the Explandable List Menu (no items, just a <Menu>) and highlighting of the last menu clicked.

List of Changes (from http://struts-menu.sourceforge.net/changes-report.html):

  • Changed dynamic variable feature to use JSTL's ExpressionEvaluator. To substitute request parameters, you must use ${param.paramName}, rather than just ${paramName}.
  • Fixed UseMenuDisplayerTag to allow config in menu-config.xml to override the default (as documented).
  • Fixed DisplayMenuTag to continue rendering menu items when Action or Forward lookups fail.
  • Added support for highlighting the last menu selected in the Expandable Menu.
  • Added support for standalone links/menus (no children) to Expandable Menu.
  • Added struts-menu.tld to the binary distribution.

A complete CVS changelog can be found at: http://struts-menu.sourceforge.net/changelog-report.html.

Demo: http://raibledesigns.com/struts-menu
Download: http://tinyurl.com/2aq6k

I realize the JSTL stuff could backfire if users are stuck on an old container. Hopefully, you can simply continue using 2.0 if that's your situation.

Posted in Java at Dec 20 2003, 08:34:56 AM MST 1 Comment

Comments:

I am very glad for the JSTL support. I would be trying it today.

Posted by Unknown on December 20, 2003 at 01:30 PM MST #

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