Defining Custom XSQL Action Element for your Handler

For additional convenience, you can define entries in the XSQLConfig.xml file that associate an action element name and a handler class. So, for example, in the default XSQLConfig.xml file shipped with Oracle XSQL Pages, you'll see:

<actiondefs>
   <action>
     <elementname>param</elementname>
<handlerclass>oracle.xml.xsql.actions.ExampleGetParameterHandler</handlerclass>
     </action>
     <action>
       <elementname>current-date</elementname>
<handlerclass>oracle.xml.xsql.actions.ExampleCurrentDBDateHandler</handlerclass>
     </action>
     </actiondefs>

These entries in the config file allow a page to use:

<xsql:param name="myparam"/>

instead of the more verbose:

<xsql:action handler="oracle.xml.xsql.actions.ExampleGetParameterHandler"
                    name="myparam"/>

and similarly

<xsql:current-date/>

instead of the more verbose:

<xsql:action handler="oracle.xml.xsql.actions.ExampleDBDateHandler"/>