package cwp.tags; import javax.servlet.jsp.*; import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*; import java.io.*; /** A tag that repeats the body the specified * number of times. *

* Taken from Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages * from Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press, * http://www.coreservlets.com/. * © 2000 Marty Hall; may be freely used or adapted. */ public class RepeatTag extends BodyTagSupport { private int reps; public void setReps(String repeats) { try { reps = Integer.parseInt(repeats); } catch(NumberFormatException nfe) { reps = 1; } } public int doAfterBody() { if (reps-- >= 1) { BodyContent body = getBodyContent(); try { JspWriter out = body.getEnclosingWriter(); out.println(body.getString()); body.clearBody(); // Clear for next evaluation } catch(IOException ioe) { System.out.println("Error in RepeatTag: " + ioe); } return(EVAL_BODY_TAG); } else { return(SKIP_BODY); } } }