javax.servlet.jsp.tagext

Class BodyContent


public abstract class BodyContent
extends JspWriter

An encapsulation of the evaluation of the body of an action so it is available to a tag handler. BodyContent is a subclass of JspWriter.

Note that the content of BodyContent is the result of evaluation, so it will not contain actions and the like, but the result of their invocation.

BodyContent has methods to convert its contents into a String, to read its contents, and to clear the contents.

The buffer size of a BodyContent object is unbounded. A BodyContent object cannot be in autoFlush mode. It is not possible to invoke flush on a BodyContent object, as there is no backing stream.

Instances of BodyContent are created by invoking the pushBody and popBody methods of the PageContext class. A BodyContent is enclosed within another JspWriter (maybe another BodyContent object) following the structure of their associated actions.

A BodyContent is made available to a BodyTag through a setBodyContent() call. The tag handler can use the object until after the call to doEndTag().

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter

DEFAULT_BUFFER, NO_BUFFER, UNBOUNDED_BUFFER, autoFlush, bufferSize

Constructor Summary

BodyContent(JspWriter e)
Protected constructor.

Method Summary

void
clearBody()
Clear the body without throwing any exceptions.
void
flush()
Redefined flush() so it is not legal.
JspWriter
getEnclosingWriter()
Get the enclosing JspWriter.
java.io.Reader
getReader()
Return the value of this BodyContent as a Reader.
java.lang.String
getString()
Return the value of the BodyContent as a String.
void
writeOut(java.io.Writer out)
Write the contents of this BodyContent into a Writer.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter

clear, clearBuffer, close, flush, getBufferSize, getRemaining, isAutoFlush, newLine, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, print, println, println, println, println, println, println, println, println, println, println

Constructor Details

BodyContent

protected BodyContent(JspWriter e)
Protected constructor. Unbounded buffer, no autoflushing.

Method Details

clearBody

public void clearBody()
Clear the body without throwing any exceptions.


flush

public void flush()
            throws java.io.IOException
Redefined flush() so it is not legal.

It is not valid to flush a BodyContent because there is no backing stream behind it.

Overrides:
flush in interface JspWriter


getEnclosingWriter

public JspWriter getEnclosingWriter()
Get the enclosing JspWriter.

Returns:
the enclosing JspWriter passed at construction time


getReader

public java.io.Reader getReader()
Return the value of this BodyContent as a Reader.

Returns:
the value of this BodyContent as a Reader


getString

public java.lang.String getString()
Return the value of the BodyContent as a String.

Returns:
the value of the BodyContent as a String


writeOut

public void writeOut(java.io.Writer out)
Write the contents of this BodyContent into a Writer. Subclasses may optimize common invocation patterns.

Parameters:
out - The writer into which to place the contents of this body evaluation