JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

Name

BodyContent

Synopsis

The container creates an instance of the BodyContent class to encapsulate the element body of a custom action element if the corresponding tag handler implements the BodyTag interface. The container makes the BodyContent instance available to the tag handler by calling the setBodyContent( ) method, so the tag handler can process the body content.

Synopsis

Class name:	javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyContent
Extends:	javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter
Implements:	None
Implemented by:	Internal container-dependent class

Constructor

protected BodyContent(JspWriter e)

Creates a new instance with the specified JspWriter as the enclosing writer.

Methods

public void clearBody( )

Removes all buffered content for this instance.

public void flush( ) throws java.io.IOException

Overwrites the behavior inherited from JspWriter to always throw an IOException, because it’s invalid to flush a BodyContent instance.

public JspWriter getEnclosingWriter( )

Returns the enclosing JspWriter, i.e., either the top level JspWriter or the JspWriter (BodyContent subclass) of the parent tag handler.

public abstract java.io.Reader getReader( )

Returns the value of this BodyContent as a Reader with the content produced by evaluating the element’s body.

public abstract String getString( )

Returns the value of this BodyContent as a String with the content produced by evaluating the element’s body.

public abstract void writeOut(java.io.Writer out)throws java.io.IOException

Writes the content of ...