Tag reference sheet

Tag library reference for the following tag libraries:

• dateutils (dateutils.tld) - uri:dateutils
• stringutils (stringutils.tld) - uri:http://openutils.sf.net/openutils-stringutils
• collectionutils (collectionutils.tld) - uri:collectionutils

dateutils - version 1.0

Date-related EL functions

Namespace definition: xmlns:du="dateutils"

EL Functions

• currentDateIncluded() Tests if the current date is between the specified time interval (limits included)
• formatDate() Format a date based on a given pattern, or a builtin style (short, medium, long or full)
• formatDateTime() Format a date and time based on a given pattern, or a builtin style (short, medium, long or full)
• formatDateTimeWithLocale() Format a date and time with a specified language (lowercase two-letter ISO-639 code) based on a given pattern, or a builtin style (short, medium, long or full)
• formatInterval() format a milliseconds interval as a string like 523h 22m 18s
• formatTime() Format a time based on a given pattern, or a builtin style (short, medium, long or full)
• getMillisFromNow() retrieve the milliseconds in difference between now and the input date
• parseDate() parse a date with a given pattern and return the parsed date as a calendar object (null safe)
• parseXsdDate() parse a date in XSD format and return the parsed date as a calendar object (null safe)
• toXsdDate() format a date in XSD format (null safe)

Required attributes are marked with a*

stringutils - version 1.0

Openutils EL functions: stringutils

Namespace definition: xmlns:su="http://openutils.sf.net/openutils-stringutils"

EL Functions

• adaptStringLength() Crops a String to a given length, adding a suffix (for example "
• capitaliseAllWords() Capitalizes all the whitespace separated words in a String
• defaultIfEmpty() Returns either the passed in String, or if the String is empty or null, the value of defaultStr
• endsWith() A wrapper around java
• escJsTxt() Escapes a javascript string
• isBlank() Checks if a String is whitespace, empty ("") or null
• newline() Output a newline character
• randomAlphanumeric() Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters specified
• randomInt() Returns a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value between 0 (inclusive) and the specified value (exclusive), from the Math
• shorten() Shorten a text with a number of lines and a number of chars per line to be displayed
• space() Output a white space
• splitNewlines() Splits the given strings on newlines
• splitOnTabs() Splits the given string on tab characters
• strip() Strips whitespaces from the start and the end of a String
• stripHtmlTags() Strip any html tag from a String
• substringAfterLast() Gets the substring after the last occurrence of a separator
• substringBeforeLast() Gets the substring before the last occurrence of a separator
• tab() Output a tab character
• toCeilLong() Parse a double, passed as String, and return his ceil as a long (or 0L if parse fails)
• toFloorLong() Parse a double, passed as String, and return his floor as a long (or 0L if parse fails)
• toLong() Parse a number, passed as String, and return his Long
• toRoundedLong() Parse a number, passed as String, and return his closest rounding as a long (or 0L if parse fails)
• unescapeXml() Unescapes a String
• urldecode() Decode a url in UTF-8 format
• urlencode() Enconde a url in UTF-8 format

Required attributes are marked with a*

      
        adaptStringLength("pre",2,"post") :  prpost
      
    

      
        escJsTxt("xyz\\23",true) : "xyz\23"
      
    

collectionutils - version 1.0

Collection-related EL functions

Namespace definition: xmlns:cu="collectionutils"

EL Functions

• entryset() Retuns the set of Map
• paginateCollection() Splits a collection into pages of the specified size
• shuffle() Randomly permutes the specified list
• toList() Converts an array to a list

Required attributes are marked with a*