html:link tag

[Nag Bussa]

Hi All,
I have a link in my JSP. If I click on that link, it should take me to named section(named with XYZ i.e <a name="XYZ"> in another JSP page.

Code in JSP:

  
<fmt:message key="abc.desc1"/>
            <html:link action="/abc.do" anchor="XYZ">
                <fmt:message key="clickhere.link.label"/>
            </html:link> 
            <fmt:message key="abc.desc2"></fmt:message>
 
  

This code is basically generating anchor tag like this:

 <a href="/cgi-bin/abc.do#XYZ?sessionId=1234">Click here</a> 
   

This way, I am going to target jsp but not to the XYZ section in the target JSP.

Is there any other parameter I should use in <html:link> tag to go the appropriate section in target JSP?

Thanks.

[Merrill Higginson]

Because you are going through an intermediary action before getting to the JSP, using the anchor attribute isn't going to work.

I'd suggest passing an anchor parameter along with the URL. Then in your action class, you can set the anchor before forwarding to the JSP. Example:

String anchor = request.getParameter("anchor");
ActionForward forward = new ActionForward(mapping.findForward("success").getPath()+"#"+anchor);
return forward;

[Nag Bussa]

Thanks Merill.
I am using Tiles in my application. The code below gives me tiles name but doesn't resolve to actual jsp.

mapping.findForward("success").getPath()+"#"+anchor
 

How do I take the control to actual JSP? Thanks for your inputs.

[Merrill Higginson]

The fact that you're using tiles makes the problem much worse. I have no idea how to accomplish this with tiles, and I'm not even sure it's possible. Any tiles experts out there want to tackle this one?