org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.taglib
Class LayoutWriterStack

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.taglib.LayoutWriterStack

public class LayoutWriterStack
extends java.lang.Object

Class that can be used by "layout" tags, i.e. tags that use the different parts in their body to assemble a bigger part. Example a threeColumn tag that expects a left, center and right part in its body and places them in a table:

  <g.threeColumn>
      <g.left>left contents</g.left>
      <g.center>middle contents</g.center>
      <g.right>right contents</g.right>
  </g.threeColumn>
  
  

Constructor Summary

LayoutWriterStack()

Method Summary

static java.io.Writer	currentWriter(java.lang.String name) Returns a Writer where a layout part can write its contents to.
static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	writeParts(groovy.lang.Closure<?> body) Executes the body closure of a tag and returns a Map with namned results that hold the content of the parts within the body.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LayoutWriterStack

public LayoutWriterStack()

Method Detail

currentWriter

public static java.io.Writer currentWriter(java.lang.String name)

Returns a Writer where a layout part can write its contents to. This method should only be called by tags that are part of a surrounding layout tag. Example:

  def left = { attrs, body ->
      LayoutWriterStack.currentWriter('left') << "<div class='left'>" << body() <<"</div>"
  &#125;
  
  

Parameters:

name - Name of the layout part

Returns:

writer

writeParts

public static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> writeParts(groovy.lang.Closure<?> body)

Executes the body closure of a tag and returns a Map with namned results that hold the content of the parts within the body. This method should only be called by tags that are part of a surrounding layout tag. Example:

  def parts = LayoutWriterStack.writeParts(body)
  out << "left part:" << parts.left << "; right part:" << parts.right << ";remainder of body:" << parts.body
  
  

Parameters:

body - the body closure of the calling "layout" tag

Returns:

a Map that contains the results of all the parts in the body and the body itself