Class JspHelper

java.lang.Object
org.apache.catalina.manager.JspHelper
public class JspHelper extends Object
Helper JavaBean for JSPs, because JSTL 1.1/EL 2.0 is too dumb to do what I need (call methods with parameters), or I am too dumb to use it correctly. :)

  • Method Details

    • guessDisplayLocaleFromSession

      public static String guessDisplayLocaleFromSession(Session in_session)
      Try to get user locale from the session, if possible.

      IMPLEMENTATION NOTE: this method has explicit support for Tapestry 3 and Struts 1.x

      Parameters:
      in_session - Session from which the locale should be guessed
      Returns:
      String

    • guessDisplayUserFromSession

      public static String guessDisplayUserFromSession(Session in_session)
      Try to get username from the session, if possible.
      Parameters:
      in_session - The Servlet session
      Returns:
      the username

    • getDisplayCreationTimeForSession

      public static String getDisplayCreationTimeForSession(Session in_session)
      Returns the formatted creation time for the given session.
      Parameters:
      in_session - the session
      Returns:
      the formatted creation time, or empty string if invalid

    • getDisplayLastAccessedTimeForSession

      public static String getDisplayLastAccessedTimeForSession(Session in_session)
      Returns the formatted last accessed time for the given session.
      Parameters:
      in_session - the session
      Returns:
      the formatted last accessed time, or empty string if invalid

    • getDisplayUsedTimeForSession

      public static String getDisplayUsedTimeForSession(Session in_session)
      Returns the formatted total used time for the given session.
      Parameters:
      in_session - the session
      Returns:
      the formatted used time string

    • getDisplayTTLForSession

      public static String getDisplayTTLForSession(Session in_session)
      Returns the formatted time-to-live for the given session.
      Parameters:
      in_session - the session
      Returns:
      the formatted TTL string

    • getDisplayInactiveTimeForSession

      public static String getDisplayInactiveTimeForSession(Session in_session)
      Returns the formatted inactive time for the given session.
      Parameters:
      in_session - the session
      Returns:
      the formatted inactive time string

    • secondsToTimeString

      public static String secondsToTimeString(long in_seconds)
      Converts a number of seconds to a formatted time string in HH:mm:ss format.
      Parameters:
      in_seconds - the number of seconds
      Returns:
      the formatted time string

    • escapeXml

      public static String escapeXml(Object obj)
      Escapes XML special characters in the given object's string representation.
      Parameters:
      obj - the object to escape
      Returns:
      the escaped XML string

    • escapeXml

      public static String escapeXml(String buffer)
      Performs the following substring replacements (to facilitate output to XML/HTML pages):
      • & -> &
      • < -> &lt;
      • > -> &gt;
      • " -> &#034;
      • ' -> &#039;
      Parameters:
      buffer - The XML to escape
      Returns:
      the escaped XML

    • formatNumber

      public static String formatNumber(long number)
      Formats a long number using the default locale's number format.
      Parameters:
      number - the number to format
      Returns:
      the formatted number string