JET Syntax Reference
JET has the following directives
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@jet - affects Java code created by the
JET compiler.
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@taglib - imports a tag library into
the template for use, and assigns it a unique namespace
prefix.
JET recognizes the following "Classic" JET directives,
but does not yet implement them. An error message is issued if any
of the following directives are recognized:
To emit the characters <%@ in a templates
output, enter <\%@. To emit %>,
enter %\>
The @jet directive
The @jet directive controls the name of the generated Java
class, its containing package and the Java classes it imports.
All attributes are optional.The following tag summarizes the
available attributes.
| Attribute |
Usage |
| package |
Name of package into which the template will be compiled.
May be used only once per template. |
| class |
Name of Java class to be generated. May be used only once
per template. |
| imports |
A space separated list of Java import locations. |
| startTag |
A two character replacement for <% in subsequent JET
elements. |
| endTag |
A two character replacement for %> in subsequent JET
elements. |
The @taglib directive
The @taglib directive imports an XML tag library, or renames the
taglibrary namespace prefix. Example:
<%@taglib id="org.eclipse.jet.controlTags" prefix="cc"%>
The value for prefix must be value XML NCName, namely, it must
start with letter or underscore (_), and then contain letters,
digits or the characters underscore (_), hyphen (-) or dot (.).
The id for the Standard JET tag libaries are:
| Tag Library |
ID |
| Control Tags |
org.eclipse.jet.controlTags |
| Workspace Tags |
org.eclipse.jet.workspaceTags |
| Java Tags |
org.eclipse.jet.javaTags |
| Format Tags |
org.eclipse.jet.formatTags |
