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fmt jstl to re-format a phone number
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Troy Archbold
Greenhorn
Joined: May 17, 2005
Posts: 15
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I would like to use the fmt jstl taglib in a JSP page to format and display a phone number. I would rather not format it in an Java action class or another class. I have received the advice to use the fmt jstl taglib but I do not see how a phone number can be formatted with any of its tags. Maybe it's not an option. Has anyone done this before? Thanks.
The phone number originally looks like: 5555555555
and I want to reformat it to 555-555-5555.
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Stefan Evans
Bartender
Joined: Jul 06, 2005
Posts: 1005
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Not the JSTL <fmt> tags won't help you here.
They can only handle number/date formatting.
They are written as a tag interface to the java.text packages for NumberFormat and DateFormat. Neither of those classes will help you with formatting a telephone number.
I would probably go with
- a custom tag
- a static method to do the formatting, and call it via an EL function (JSP2.0)
Either way, some java code will have to be written.
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Troy Archbold
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Joined: May 17, 2005
Posts: 15
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I'll do it in Java then. Thanks for the info.
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