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JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition
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JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

by Hans Bergsten
December 2003
Intermediate to advanced
764 pages
24h 58m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Function Elements

Functions used in EL expressions are mapped to static methods in a Java class using any number of <function> elements after the <tag-file> elements, if any. As with the other main elements, a number of nested elements define the details: <description>, <display-name>, <icon>, <name>, <function-class>, <function-signature>, and <example>.

The optional <description>, <display-name>, and <icon> elements can be used to describe the function in the same way as for all other items.

The mandatory <name> element contains the function name. Each function must have a unique name within the tag library.

The name of the class that contains the implementation of the function is specified by the mandatory <function-class> element as a fully qualified class name (i.e., including the package name).

The mandatory <function-signature> element specifies the function parameters and return type in the format returnType functionName(parameterType, ...), e.g.:

java.lang.String truncate(java.lang.String, int)

The optional nested <example> element is used the same as in all other elements.

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