Java Server Pages

Name

VariableInfo

Synopsis

Class Name:	javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.VariableInfo
Extends:	None
Implements:	None
Implemented by:	Internal container-dependent class. Most containers use the reference implementation of the class (developed in the Apache Jakarta project).

Description

VariableInfo instances are created by TagExtraInfo subclasses to describe each scripting variable that the corresponding tag handler class creates.

Class Summary

public class VariableInfo {
  // Constants
  public static final int AT_BEGIN;
  public static final int AT_END;
  public static final int NESTED;

  // Constructor
  public VariableInfo(String varName, String className, 
    boolean declare, int scope);

  // Methods
  public String getClassName( );
  public boolean getDeclare( );
  public int getScope( );
  public String getVarName( );
}

Constructor

public VariableInfo(String varName, String className, boolean declare, int scope)

Creates a new instance with the specified values.

Methods

public String getClassName( )

Returns the scripting variable Java type.

public boolean getDeclare( )

Returns true if the JSP container should create a declaration statement for a scripting variable, and otherwise returns false (used if the variable has already been declared by another tag handler, and is updated only by the tag handler corresponding to the TagExtraInfo subclass creating this VariableInfo instance).

public int getScope( )

Returns one of AT_BEGIN (make the scripting variable available from the start tag to the end of the JSP ...