## org.springframework.web.servlet.tags
Class TransformTag

    java.lang.Object
      javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
          org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag
              org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.HtmlEscapingAwareTag
                  org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.TransformTag

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, IterationTag, JspTag, Tag, TryCatchFinally

    public class TransformTag

extends HtmlEscapingAwareTag

Tag for transforming reference data values from form controllers and other objects inside a `spring:bind` tag (or a data-bound form element tag from Spring's form tag library).

The BindTag has a PropertyEditor that it uses to transform properties of a bean to a String, useable in HTML forms. This tag uses that PropertyEditor to transform objects passed into this tag.

Since:
  20.09.2003
Author:
  Alef Arendsen, Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  `BindTag`, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag
`logger, REQUEST_CONTEXT_PAGE_ATTRIBUTE`

Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
`id, pageContext`

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag
`EVAL_BODY_AGAIN`

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag
`EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE`

Constructor Summary
`TransformTag()`

Method Summary
`protected int` `doStartTagInternal()` Called by doStartTag to perform the actual work.
`void` `setScope(String scope)` Set the scope to export the variable to.
`void` `setValue(Object value)` Set the value to transform, using the appropriate PropertyEditor from the enclosing BindTag.
`void` `setVar(String var)` Set PageContext attribute name under which to expose a variable that contains the result of the transformation.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.HtmlEscapingAwareTag
`isDefaultHtmlEscape, isHtmlEscape, setHtmlEscape`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag
`doCatch, doFinally, doStartTag, getRequestContext`

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
`doAfterBody, doEndTag, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, release, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### TransformTag

    public TransformTag()

Method Detail

### setValue

    public void setValue(Object value)

  Set the value to transform, using the appropriate PropertyEditor from the enclosing BindTag.

  The value can either be a plain value to transform (a hard-coded String value in a JSP or a JSP expression), or a JSP EL expression to be evaluated (transforming the result of the expression).

  Like all of Spring's JSP tags, this tag is capable of parsing EL expressions itself, on any JSP version. Note, however, that EL expressions in a JSP 2.0 page will be evaluated by the JSP container, with the result getting passed in here. For this reason, the type of this property is Object (accepting any result object from a pre-evaluated expression) rather than String.

### setVar

    public void setVar(String var)

  Set PageContext attribute name under which to expose a variable that contains the result of the transformation.

  See Also:
    `setScope(java.lang.String)`, `JspContext.setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)`

### setScope

    public void setScope(String scope)

  Set the scope to export the variable to. Default is SCOPE_PAGE ("page").

  See Also:
    `setVar(java.lang.String)`, `TagUtils.SCOPE_PAGE`, `JspContext.setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)`

### doStartTagInternal

    protected final int doStartTagInternal()
                                    throws JspException

  Description copied from class: `RequestContextAwareTag`
  Called by doStartTag to perform the actual work.

  Specified by:
    `doStartTagInternal` in class `RequestContextAwareTag`
  Returns:
    same as TagSupport.doStartTag
  Throws:
    `JspException`
  See Also:
    `TagSupport.doStartTag()`