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springjspspring-mvcjstl
jasilva
jasilva

Reputation: 750

jstl/jsp print name of file beutiful

I have my tag ${file.name} in a jsp file to display a name of file to download

name containt a full file name,include file extension. for example

testfile.png

a-file.zip

testfile-test505454654.png

a-filenum5468.docx

other_file_with_a_name_very_very_very_larrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrge.pdf

Files with very long names, crash my layout.

I think the way to format the file name to shorten it but include the extention. Maybe

testfile.png

a-file.zip

testfile-test505454....png *

a-filenum5468.docx

other_file_with_a_na....pdf *

How I can do?

in href no problem because it is done by id ${file.id}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 404

Answers (3)

Alexey
Alexey

Reputation: 2582

If file is a POJO, you may add a getter-method to the POJO (something like String getShortName(){}) that returns a short version of the file name. And then use the method in your EL expression: ${file.shortName}.

Upvotes: 2

LHA
LHA

Reputation: 9645

Since the requirements can be used many times so You should go with CUSTOM Tag solution like @Sotirios Delimanolis suggested.

JSTL function ( Like c:fn ) is another solution. Using jstl function get better performance than Custom tag ( simple / classic model )

Link: http://www.noppanit.com/how-to-create-a-custom-function-for-jstl/

Upvotes: 1

Sotirios Delimanolis
Sotirios Delimanolis

Reputation: 279890

I would write and register a custom tag that would take care of shortening the output to a maximum length

<custom:short value="${file.name}" var="shortFileName" />

The tag would take care of shortening based on defaults or values you specify in the element and putting it the result in a request attribute you can use anywhere after that declaration.

Upvotes: 1

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