org.shredzone.jshred.web

Class Sequencer

java.lang.Object

org.shredzone.jshred.web.Sequencer

public class Sequencer
extends Object

A helper class that returns an endless sequence of the given item set. This is useful in JSPs, e.g. for rendering each row of a table in a different color.

Example:

 <% pageContext.setAttribute("sequence", new Sequencer("oddrow", "evenrow")); %>
 <c:forEach var="entry" items="${entryList}">
   <tr class="${sequence.next}">
     <td><c:out value="${entry.name}"/></td>
   </tr>
 </c:forEach>
 

Author:

Richard "Shred" Körber

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Sequencer(String... sequence) Creates a new Sequencer with the given sequence.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getNext() Gets the next entry of the sequence.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Sequencer

public Sequencer(String... sequence)

Creates a new Sequencer with the given sequence.

Parameters:

sequence - The sequence of strings to be used. Must have at least one entry.

Method Detail

getNext

public String getNext()

Gets the next entry of the sequence. If the last entry was returned, it will start again with the first entry.

Returns:

Sequence entry