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<h2 title="Class TagExtraInfo" class="title">Class TagExtraInfo</h2>
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<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">TagExtraInfo</span>
extends java.lang.Object</pre>
<div class="block">Optional class provided by the tag library author to describe additional translation-time information not described
in the TLD. The TagExtraInfo class is mentioned in the Tag Library Descriptor file (TLD).
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This class can be used:
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<li>to indicate that the tag defines scripting variables
<li>to perform translation-time validation of the tag attributes.
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It is the responsibility of the JSP translator that the initial value to be returned by calls to getTagInfo()
corresponds to a TagInfo object for the tag being translated. If an explicit call to setTagInfo() is done, then the
object passed will be returned in subsequent calls to getTagInfo().
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The only way to affect the value returned by getTagInfo() is through a setTagInfo() call, and thus,
TagExtraInfo.setTagInfo() is to be called by the JSP translator, with a TagInfo object that corresponds to the tag
being translated. The call should happen before any invocation on validate() and before any invocation on
getVariableInfo().
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<tt>NOTE:</tt> It is a (translation time) error for a tag definition in a TLD with one or more variable subelements
to have an associated TagExtraInfo implementation that returns a VariableInfo array with one or more elements from a
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagExtraInfo.html#TagExtraInfo--">TagExtraInfo</a></span>()</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagInfo.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagInfo</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagExtraInfo.html#getTagInfo--">getTagInfo</a></span>()</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/VariableInfo.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">VariableInfo</a>[]</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagExtraInfo.html#getVariableInfo-javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagData-">getVariableInfo</a></span>(<a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagData.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagData</a>&nbsp;data)</code>
<div class="block">information on scripting variables defined by the tag associated with this TagExtraInfo instance.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagExtraInfo.html#isValid-javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagData-">isValid</a></span>(<a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagData.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagData</a>&nbsp;data)</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagExtraInfo.html#setTagInfo-javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagInfo-">setTagInfo</a></span>(<a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagInfo.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagInfo</a>&nbsp;tagInfo)</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/ValidationMessage.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">ValidationMessage</a>[]</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagExtraInfo.html#validate-javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagData-">validate</a></span>(<a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagData.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagData</a>&nbsp;data)</code>
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<pre>public&nbsp;TagExtraInfo()</pre>
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<div class="block">information on scripting variables defined by the tag associated with this TagExtraInfo instance. Request-time
attributes are indicated as such in the TagData parameter.</div>
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>data</code> - The TagData instance.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>An array of VariableInfo data, or null or a zero length array if no scripting variables are to be
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<pre>public&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;isValid(<a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagData.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagData</a>&nbsp;data)</pre>
<div class="block">Translation-time validation of the attributes. Request-time attributes are indicated as such in the TagData
parameter. Note that the preferred way to do validation is with the validate() method, since it can return more
detailed information.</div>
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>data</code> - The TagData instance.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>Whether this tag instance is valid.</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagExtraInfo.html#validate-javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagData-"><code>validate(javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagData)</code></a></dd>
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<div class="block">Translation-time validation of the attributes. Request-time attributes are indicated as such in the TagData
parameter. Because of the higher quality validation messages possible, this is the preferred way to do validation
(although isValid() still works).
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JSP 2.0 and higher containers call validate() instead of isValid(). The default implementation of this method is
to call isValid(). If isValid() returns false, a generic ValidationMessage[] is returned indicating isValid()
returned false.
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>data</code> - The TagData instance.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>A null object, or zero length array if no errors, an array of ValidationMessages otherwise.</dd>
<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt>
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<pre>public final&nbsp;void&nbsp;setTagInfo(<a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagInfo.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagInfo</a>&nbsp;tagInfo)</pre>
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<pre>public final&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagInfo.html" title="class in javax.servlet.jsp.tagext">TagInfo</a>&nbsp;getTagInfo()</pre>
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