BodyTagSupport Class  
 
 
Class name:

javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTagSupport

 
Extends:

javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

 
Implements:

BodyTag

 
Implemented by:

Internal container-dependent class. Most containers use the reference implementation of the class (developed in the Apache Jakarta project).

 
Description

BodyTagSupport is a support class that provides default implementations of all BodyTag interface methods. It's intended to be used as a superclass for tag handlers that need access to the body contents of the corresponding custom action elements.

BodyTagSupport()  
public BodyTagSupport()

Creates a new BodyTagSupport instance.

doAfterBody()  
public int doAfterBody() throws JspException

Returns SKIP_BODY.

doEndTag()  
public int doEndTag() throws JspException

Returns EVAL_PAGE.

doInitBody()  
public void doInitBody()

Does nothing in the BodyTagSupport class.

getBodyContent()  
public BodyContent getBodyContent()

Returns the BodyContent object assigned to this instance.

getPreviousOut()  
public JspWriter getPreviousOut()

Returns the enclosing writer of the BodyContent object assigned to this instance.

release()  
public void release()

Removes the references to all objects held by this instance.

setBodyContent()  
public void setBodyContent(BodyContent b)

Saves a reference to the assigned BodyContent object as an instance variable.