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findAncestorWithClass() Problem

 
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I am unable to understand how


functions.


could somebody provide an example that explains the working of findAncestorWithClass ?
 
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Its a static method in SimpleTagSupport class.

You must have read the JavaDocs for this method.

For understanding how it works, here is the source code from Tomcat implementation:


Read the code above, its pretty straightforward to see how it has been implemented (see the for loop above).

I think now you can write an example yourself. Isn't it?
 
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