Issues with struts condition tag, lil help please

[frank xxx]

Gurus,

I am having problems using condition custom tag, based on jakarta struts 1.0
In the example below , the "balance_Amount" is string ( in form bean). The value I compare is with is double ( 0.1).

how do i go about writing?
The below code is not working. what are the laternatives I have here like logic:greaterThan tag?

<xx:if>
<xx:condition> <xx ataValue fieldName="balance_Amount"/> > "0.1" </xx:condition>
<xx:then>
.....
</xx:then>
</xx:if>
[ February 11, 2006: Message edited by: frank xxx ]

[Merrill Higginson]

I've been working with Struts for a long time, and I've never heard of the xx:if, or xx:condition tags. They must be in some other custom tag library you're using. For Struts, you'll want to use the <logic:equal> tag.

Here's a link to the 1.0 version of these tags:

http://struts.apache.org//struts-doc-1.0.2/api/org/apache/struts/taglib/logic/package-summary.html#package_description

You also have the option of using Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) for this logic.

[frank xxx]

Thanks for you response Merril, I am new to struts.

Well, when I say <XX:if > its a custom tag and XX stands for company name.
I didnot want to mention that. But How could I use that conditin tag?
I checked the tld file theres nothing there except for definition. No attribues or anything.

How could I use <logical: greaterThan> tag to compare a string value ( eg. "2.0" )to a double value 0.1?
The balance type in my bean account is string.


eg

<logical: greaterThan> name="account" property="balance" value="0.1"
...
<logical: greaterThan>


Tnanks for you help?

[Merrill Higginson]

The actual logic of a custom tag is in java classes that the .tld file points to. In your TLD, you will find <tagclass) and <teiclass> entries. Look in these classes for the actual logic of the tags.

Regarding the <logic:greaterThan> tag, the answer to your question is in the link that I gave you:

Each of the value comparison tags takes a value and compares it to the value of a comparison attribute. If the value given can be successfully converted to a float or double, then a number comparison is performed on the value given and the value of the comparison attribute. Otherwise a String comparison is performed.

Even if the property is a string, the tag does a number comparison if it can.

[frank xxx]

Thanks Merril, I will have to try it on monday