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Struts Generic Tags

The struts generic tags are used to control the execution flow when pages are rendered. Another use of struts generic tags are data extraction. Further Generic Tags are classified into Control Tags and Data Tags.


Control Tags: The Control Tags are used for flow control, such as if, else and iterate. Here are the list of Control Tags:
* if tag - Details
* elseIf tag - Details
* else tag - Details
* append tag - Details
* generator tag - Details
* iterator tag - Details
* merge tag - Details
* subset tag - Details

Data Tags: The Data Tags are used for data manipulation or creation, such as bean, push, and i18n. Here are the list of Data Tags:
* action - Details
* bean - Details
* date - Details
* include - Details
* param - Details
* set - Details
* text - Details
* property - Details


Struts UI tags:
Struts UI Tags are mainly designed to use the data from your action/value stack or from Data Tags. These tags are used to display the data on the HTML page. The UI tags are driven by templates and themes. Struts UI Tags are of two types Form Tags and Non - Form tags.

Form Tags are as follows:
* autocompleter - Details
* checkbox - Details
* checkboxlist - Details
* combobox - Details
* datetimepicker - Details
* doubleselect
* file
* form
* hidden
* label
* optiontransferselect
* optgroup
* password
* radio
* reset
* select
* submit
* textarea
* textfield
* token
* updownselect


Non-Form UI Tags are:
* actionerror
* actionmessage
* component
* div
* fielderror
* table
* tabbedPanel
* tree
* treenode


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