refactored image handler code for sideboxes into a separate class; added option

for titles of sideboxes to be images

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/sideboxes/ConferenceBox.java

@@ -46,10 +46,18 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
 
     public String getPageTitle(RenderData rdat)
     {
-      if (uc.isLoggedIn())
+      if (title_image!=null)
-	return title;
+      { // return an image rendering
+	ImageHandler ih = (uc.isLoggedIn() ? title_image : anon_title_image);
+	return ih.getRendering(rdat);
+
+      } // end if
       else
-	return anon_title;
+      { // return a title string
+	String rc = (uc.isLoggedIn() ? title : anon_title);
+	return StringUtil.encodeHTML(rc);
+
+      } // end else
 
     } // end getPageTitle
 
@@ -72,8 +80,8 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
 	  ConferenceHotlistEntry hle = (ConferenceHotlistEntry)(it.next());
 	  ConferenceContext conf = hle.getConference();
 	  String href = "confdisp?sig=" + conf.getEnclosingSIG().getSIGID() + "&conf=" + conf.getConfID();
-	  out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=" + bullet_width + ">");
+	  out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=" + bullet.getWidth() + ">");
-	  renderBullet(out,rdat);
+	  bullet.renderHere(out,rdat);
 	  out.write("</TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"sidebox\">\n" + norm_font
 		    + "<B><A CLASS=\"sidebox\" HREF=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(href) + "\">" + hilite
 		    + StringUtil.encodeHTML(conf.getName()) + "</FONT></A></B> ("
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
 	  if (conf.anyUnread())
 	  { // write out the new-messages tag and its enclosing link
 	    out.write("&nbsp;<A HREF=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(href + "&rnm=1") + "\">");
-	    renderNewMessageTag(out,rdat);
+	    newmsg.renderHere(out,rdat);
 	    out.write("</A>\n");
 
 	  } // end if
@@ -113,19 +121,14 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  private ImageHandler title_image;       // title image for sidebox for logged-in users
+  private ImageHandler anon_title_image;  // title image for sidebox for not-logged-in users
   private String title;                   // title of sidebox for logged-in users
   private String anon_title;              // title of sidebox for not-logged-in users
   private String null_message;            // message if they have no hotlist conferences
   private String manage_link;             // "Manage" link text
-  private String bullet_url;              // URL to bullet image
+  private ImageHandler bullet;            // bullet image
-  private boolean bullet_fixup;           // does bullet image need to be run through getFullImagePath?
+  private ImageHandler newmsg;            // new message image
-  private int bullet_width;               // width of bullet image
-  private int bullet_height;              // height of bullet image
-  private String newmsg_url;              // URL to new messages tag image
-  private boolean newmsg_fixup;           // does new messages image need to be run through getFullImagePath?
-  private String newmsg_alt;              // ALT text to use for new message tag image
-  private int newmsg_width;               // width of new message tag image
-  private int newmsg_height;              // height of new message tag image
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Constructor
@@ -136,47 +139,6 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
   { // do nothing
   } // end constructor
 
-  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-   * Internal operations
-   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-   */
-
-  private void renderBullet(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
-  {
-    synchronized (this)
-    { // this may be called by more than one class, so protect this part
-      if (bullet_fixup)
-      { // fix up the bullet URL
-	bullet_url = rdat.getFullImagePath(bullet_url);
-	bullet_fixup = false;
-
-      } // end if
-
-    } // end synchronized block
-
-    out.write("<IMG SRC=\"" + bullet_url + "\" ALT=\"*\" WIDTH=" + bullet_width + " HEIGHT=" + bullet_height
-	      + " BORDER=0>");
-
-  } // end renderBullet
-
-  private void renderNewMessageTag(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
-  {
-    synchronized (this)
-    { // this may be called by more than one class, so protect this part
-      if (newmsg_fixup)
-      { // fix up the host tag URL
-	newmsg_url = rdat.getFullImagePath(newmsg_url);
-	newmsg_fixup = false;
-
-      } // end if
-
-    } // end synchronized block
-
-    out.write("<IMG SRC=\"" + newmsg_url + "\" ALT=\"" + newmsg_alt + "\" WIDTH=" + newmsg_width + " HEIGHT="
-	      + newmsg_height + " BORDER=0>");
-
-  } // end renderNewMessageTag
-
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface SideBoxFactory
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -185,6 +147,18 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
   public void setConfiguration(Element cfg) throws ConfigException
   {
     DOMElementHelper cfg_h = new DOMElementHelper(cfg);
+    title_image = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("title-image"));
+    if (title_image.isDefined())
+    { // we're using image titles...
+      title = anon_title = null;
+      anon_title_image = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("anon-title-image"));
+      if (!(anon_title_image.isDefined()))
+	anon_title_image = title_image;
+
+    } // end if
+    else
+    { // standard textual title
+      title_image = anon_title_image = null;
       title = cfg_h.getSubElementText("title");
       if (title==null)
 	throw new ConfigException("no <title/> specified for conference list sidebox",cfg);
@@ -195,6 +169,8 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
       else
 	anon_title += ":";
 
+    } // end else
+
     null_message = cfg_h.getSubElementText("null-msg");
     if (null_message==null)
       null_message = "You are not a member of any SIGs.";
@@ -203,72 +179,12 @@ public class ConferenceBox implements SideBoxFactory
     if (manage_link==null)
       manage_link = "Manage";
 
-    Element x = cfg_h.getSubElement("bullet");
+    bullet = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("bullet"),"purple-ball.gif","*",14,14);
-    if (x!=null)
+    newmsg = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("new-image"),"tag_new.gif","New!",40,20);
-    { // get the parameters for the bullet image
-      DOMElementHelper x_h = new DOMElementHelper(x);
-      bullet_url = x_h.getElementText();
-      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(bullet_url))
-      { // default the bullet URL and fixup parameter
-	bullet_url = "purple-ball.gif";
-	bullet_fixup = true;
-
-      } // end if
-      else  // get the "fixup" parameter
-	bullet_fixup = x_h.hasAttribute("fixup");
-      
-      Integer xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("width");
-      bullet_width = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 14;
-      xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("height");
-      bullet_height = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 14;
-
-    } // end if
-    else
-    { // just default all the bullet parameters
-      bullet_url = "purple-ball.gif";
-      bullet_fixup = true;
-      bullet_width = 14;
-      bullet_height = 14;
-
-    } // end else
-
-    x = cfg_h.getSubElement("new-image");
-    if (x!=null)
-    { // get the parameters for the host tag image
-      DOMElementHelper x_h = new DOMElementHelper(x);
-      newmsg_url = x_h.getElementText();
-      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(newmsg_url))
-      { // default the host tag image URL and fixup parameter
-	newmsg_url = "tag_new.gif";
-	newmsg_fixup = true;
-
-      } // end if
-      else  // get the "fixup" parameter
-	newmsg_fixup = x_h.hasAttribute("fixup");
-
-      newmsg_alt = x.getAttribute("alt");
-      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(newmsg_alt))
-	newmsg_alt = "New!";
-      
-      Integer xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("width");
-      newmsg_width = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 40;
-      xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("height");
-      newmsg_height = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 20;
-
-    } // end if
-    else
-    { // just default all the host tag parameters
-      newmsg_url = "tag_new.gif";
-      newmsg_fixup = true;
-      newmsg_alt = "New!";
-      newmsg_width = 40;
-      newmsg_height = 20;
-
-    } // end else
 
   } // end setConfiguration
 
-  public VeniceContent create(VeniceEngine engine, UserContext uc) throws AccessError, DataException
+  public VeniceContent create(VeniceEngine engine, UserContext uc) throws DataException
   {
     return new ConferenceBoxImpl(uc);
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/sideboxes/ImageHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.sideboxes;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.DOMElementHelper;
+import com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.*;
+
+public class ImageHandler implements ComponentRender
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private String url;               // URL of the image
+  private boolean fixup;            // does the image need to be fixed up?
+  private String alt;               // ALT text for the image
+  private int width;                // width of the image
+  private int height;               // height of the image
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructors
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public ImageHandler(Element tag, String def_url, String def_alt, int def_width, int def_height)
+  {
+    if (tag!=null)
+    { // extract the details from the tag
+      DOMElementHelper h = new DOMElementHelper(tag);
+      url = h.getElementText();
+      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(url))
+      { // default the URL and fixup parameter
+	url = def_url;
+	fixup = true;
+
+      } // end if
+      else  // get the "fixup" parameter
+	fixup = h.hasAttribute("fixup");
+
+      alt = tag.getAttribute("alt");
+      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(alt))
+	alt = def_alt;
+
+      Integer tmp = h.getAttributeInt("width");
+      width = (tmp!=null) ? tmp.intValue() : def_width;
+      tmp = h.getAttributeInt("height");
+      height = (tmp!=null) ? tmp.intValue() : def_height;
+
+    } // end if
+    else
+    { // just fill in all the defaults
+      url = def_url;
+      fixup = true;
+      alt = def_alt;
+      width = def_width;
+      height = def_height;
+
+    } // end else
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  public ImageHandler(Element tag)
+  {
+    boolean defined = (tag!=null);
+    DOMElementHelper h = null;
+    if (defined)
+    { // check the URL and see if it's defined
+      h = new DOMElementHelper(tag);
+      url = h.getElementText();
+      defined = !(StringUtil.isStringEmpty(url));
+
+    } // end if
+
+    Integer tmp = null;
+    if (defined)
+    { // get the ALT text if it's there
+      alt = tag.getAttribute("alt");
+      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(alt))
+	alt = "";
+
+      // get the width
+      tmp = h.getAttributeInt("width");
+      defined = (tmp!=null);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    if (defined)
+    { // stash the width, get the height
+      width = tmp.intValue();
+      tmp = h.getAttributeInt("height");
+      defined = (tmp!=null);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    if (defined)
+      height = tmp.intValue();
+    else
+    { // not defined - clear it out
+      url = null;
+      fixup = false;
+      alt = null;
+      width = -1;
+      height = -1;
+
+    } // end else
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Implementations from interface ComponentRender
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public void renderHere(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
+  {
+    if (url!=null)
+      out.write(getRendering(rdat));
+
+  } // end renderHere
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public boolean isDefined()
+  {
+    return (url!=null);
+
+  } // end if
+
+  public int getWidth()
+  {
+    return width;
+
+  } // end getWidth
+
+  public int getHeight()
+  {
+    return height;
+
+  } // end getHeight
+
+  public String getRendering(RenderData rdat)
+  {
+    if (url==null)
+      return "";
+
+    synchronized (this)
+    { // this may be called by more than one class, so protect this part
+      if (fixup)
+      { // fix up the host tag URL
+	url = rdat.getFullImagePath(url);
+	fixup = false;
+
+      } // end if
+
+    } // end synchronized block
+
+    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer("<IMG SRC=\"");
+    buf.append(url).append("\" ALT=\"").append(alt).append("\" WIDTH=").append(width).append(" HEIGHT=");
+    buf.append(height).append(" BORDER=0>");
+    return buf.toString();
+
+  } // end getRendering
+
+} // end class ImageHandler

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/sideboxes/JSPSideBox.java

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class JSPSideBox implements JSPRender
 
   public String getPageTitle(RenderData rdat)
   {
-    return factory.getTitle(uc.isLoggedIn());
+    return factory.getTitle(uc.isLoggedIn(),rdat);
 
   } // end getPageTitle
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/sideboxes/JSPSideBoxFactory.java

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class JSPSideBoxFactory implements SideBoxFactory
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  private ImageHandler title_image;       // title image for sidebox for logged-in users
+  private ImageHandler anon_title_image;  // title image for sidebox for not-logged-in users
   private String title;                   // title of sidebox for logged-in users
   private String anon_title;              // title of sidebox for not-logged-in users
   private String format_jsp;              // name of formatting JSP file
@@ -51,9 +53,20 @@ public class JSPSideBoxFactory implements SideBoxFactory
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
-  String getTitle(boolean logged_in)
+  String getTitle(boolean logged_in, RenderData rdat)
   {
-    return (logged_in ? title : anon_title);
+    if (title_image!=null)
+    { // return an image rendering
+      ImageHandler ih = (logged_in ? title_image : anon_title_image);
+      return ih.getRendering(rdat);
+
+    } // end if
+    else
+    { // return a title string
+      String rc = (logged_in ? title : anon_title);
+      return StringUtil.encodeHTML(rc);
+      
+    } // end else
 
   } // end getTitle
 
@@ -83,6 +96,18 @@ public class JSPSideBoxFactory implements SideBoxFactory
   public void setConfiguration(Element cfg) throws ConfigException
   {
     DOMElementHelper cfg_h = new DOMElementHelper(cfg);
+    title_image = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("title-image"));
+    if (title_image.isDefined())
+    { // we're using image titles...
+      title = anon_title = null;
+      anon_title_image = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("anon-title-image"));
+      if (!(anon_title_image.isDefined()))
+	anon_title_image = title_image;
+
+    } // end if
+    else
+    { // standard textual title
+      title_image = anon_title_image = null;
       title = cfg_h.getSubElementText("title");
       if (title==null)
 	throw new ConfigException("no <title/> specified for sidebox",cfg);
@@ -93,6 +118,8 @@ public class JSPSideBoxFactory implements SideBoxFactory
       else
 	anon_title += ":";
 
+    } // end else
+
     format_jsp = cfg_h.getSubElementText("format-jsp");
     if (format_jsp==null)
       throw new ConfigException("no <format-jsp/> specified for sidebox",cfg);

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/sideboxes/SIGBox.java

@@ -46,10 +46,18 @@ public class SIGBox implements SideBoxFactory
 
     public String getPageTitle(RenderData rdat)
     {
-      if (uc.isLoggedIn())
+      if (title_image!=null)
-	return title;
+      { // return an image rendering
+	ImageHandler ih = (uc.isLoggedIn() ? title_image : anon_title_image);
+	return ih.getRendering(rdat);
+
+      } // end if
       else
-	return anon_title;
+      { // return a title string
+	String rc = (uc.isLoggedIn() ? title : anon_title);
+	return StringUtil.encodeHTML(rc);
+
+      } // end else
 
     } // end getPageTitle
 
@@ -69,15 +77,15 @@ public class SIGBox implements SideBoxFactory
 	while (it.hasNext())
 	{ // write each SIG out in turn
 	  SIGContext sig = (SIGContext)(it.next());
-	  out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=" + bullet_width + ">");
+	  out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=" + bullet.getWidth() + ">");
-	  renderBullet(out,rdat);
+	  bullet.renderHere(out,rdat);
 	  out.write("</TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"sidebox\">\n<A CLASS=\"sidebox\" HREF=\""
 		    + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("sig/" + sig.getAlias()) + "\">" + link_font + "<B>"
 		    + StringUtil.encodeHTML(sig.getName()) + "</B></FONT></A>\n");
 	  if (sig.isAdmin())
 	  { // write the host tag at the end
 	    out.write("&nbsp;");
-	    renderHostTag(out,rdat);
+	    host.renderHere(out,rdat);
 
 	  } // end if
 
@@ -113,20 +121,15 @@ public class SIGBox implements SideBoxFactory
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  private ImageHandler title_image;       // title image for sidebox for logged-in users
+  private ImageHandler anon_title_image;  // title image for sidebox for not-logged-in users
   private String title;                   // title of sidebox for logged-in users
   private String anon_title;              // title of sidebox for not-logged-in users
   private String null_message;            // message if they're not a member of any SIGs
   private String manage_link;             // "Manage" link text
   private String create_new_link;         // "Create New" link text
-  private String bullet_url;              // URL to bullet image
+  private ImageHandler bullet;            // bullet image
-  private boolean bullet_fixup;           // does bullet image need to be run through getFullImagePath?
+  private ImageHandler host;              // host image
-  private int bullet_width;               // width of bullet image
-  private int bullet_height;              // height of bullet image
-  private String host_url;                // URL to host tag image
-  private boolean host_fixup;             // does host tag image need to be run through getFullImagePath?
-  private String host_alt;                // ALT text to use for host tag image
-  private int host_width;                 // width of host tag image
-  private int host_height;                // height of host tag image
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Constructor
@@ -137,47 +140,6 @@ public class SIGBox implements SideBoxFactory
   { // do nothing
   } // end constructor
 
-  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-   * Internal operations
-   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-   */
-
-  private void renderBullet(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
-  {
-    synchronized (this)
-    { // this may be called by more than one class, so protect this part
-      if (bullet_fixup)
-      { // fix up the bullet URL
-	bullet_url = rdat.getFullImagePath(bullet_url);
-	bullet_fixup = false;
-
-      } // end if
-
-    } // end synchronized block
-
-    out.write("<IMG SRC=\"" + bullet_url + "\" ALT=\"*\" WIDTH=" + bullet_width + " HEIGHT=" + bullet_height
-	      + " BORDER=0>");
-
-  } // end renderBullet
-
-  private void renderHostTag(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
-  {
-    synchronized (this)
-    { // this may be called by more than one class, so protect this part
-      if (host_fixup)
-      { // fix up the host tag URL
-	host_url = rdat.getFullImagePath(host_url);
-	host_fixup = false;
-
-      } // end if
-
-    } // end synchronized block
-
-    out.write("<IMG SRC=\"" + host_url + "\" ALT=\"" + host_alt + "\" WIDTH=" + host_width + " HEIGHT="
-	      + host_height + " BORDER=0>");
-
-  } // end renderBullet
-
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface SideBoxFactory
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -186,6 +148,18 @@ public class SIGBox implements SideBoxFactory
   public void setConfiguration(Element cfg) throws ConfigException
   {
     DOMElementHelper cfg_h = new DOMElementHelper(cfg);
+    title_image = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("title-image"));
+    if (title_image.isDefined())
+    { // we're using image titles...
+      title = anon_title = null;
+      anon_title_image = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("anon-title-image"));
+      if (!(anon_title_image.isDefined()))
+	anon_title_image = title_image;
+
+    } // end if
+    else
+    { // standard textual title
+      title_image = anon_title_image = null;
       title = cfg_h.getSubElementText("title");
       if (title==null)
 	throw new ConfigException("no <title/> specified for SIG list sidebox",cfg);
@@ -196,6 +170,8 @@ public class SIGBox implements SideBoxFactory
       else
 	anon_title += ":";
 
+    } // end else
+
     null_message = cfg_h.getSubElementText("null-msg");
     if (null_message==null)
       null_message = "You are not a member of any SIGs.";
@@ -208,68 +184,8 @@ public class SIGBox implements SideBoxFactory
     if (create_new_link==null)
       create_new_link = "Create New";
 
-    Element x = cfg_h.getSubElement("bullet");
+    bullet = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("bullet"),"purple-ball.gif","*",14,14);
-    if (x!=null)
+    host = new ImageHandler(cfg_h.getSubElement("host-image"),"tag_host.gif","Host!",40,20);
-    { // get the parameters for the bullet image
-      DOMElementHelper x_h = new DOMElementHelper(x);
-      bullet_url = x_h.getElementText();
-      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(bullet_url))
-      { // default the bullet URL and fixup parameter
-	bullet_url = "purple-ball.gif";
-	bullet_fixup = true;
-
-      } // end if
-      else  // get the "fixup" parameter
-	bullet_fixup = x_h.hasAttribute("fixup");
-      
-      Integer xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("width");
-      bullet_width = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 14;
-      xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("height");
-      bullet_height = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 14;
-
-    } // end if
-    else
-    { // just default all the bullet parameters
-      bullet_url = "purple-ball.gif";
-      bullet_fixup = true;
-      bullet_width = 14;
-      bullet_height = 14;
-
-    } // end else
-
-    x = cfg_h.getSubElement("host-image");
-    if (x!=null)
-    { // get the parameters for the host tag image
-      DOMElementHelper x_h = new DOMElementHelper(x);
-      host_url = x_h.getElementText();
-      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(host_url))
-      { // default the host tag image URL and fixup parameter
-	host_url = "tag_host.gif";
-	host_fixup = true;
-
-      } // end if
-      else  // get the "fixup" parameter
-	host_fixup = x_h.hasAttribute("fixup");
-
-      host_alt = x.getAttribute("alt");
-      if (StringUtil.isStringEmpty(host_alt))
-	host_alt = "Host!";
-      
-      Integer xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("width");
-      host_width = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 40;
-      xi = x_h.getAttributeInt("height");
-      host_height = (xi!=null) ? xi.intValue() : 20;
-
-    } // end if
-    else
-    { // just default all the host tag parameters
-      host_url = "tag_host.gif";
-      host_fixup = true;
-      host_alt = "Host!";
-      host_width = 40;
-      host_height = 20;
-
-    } // end else
 
   } // end setConfiguration