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Say, why does Struts output “checked=checked” rather than something like “checked=true” or just “checked”?

April 26, 2017checked output struts

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Say, why does Struts output “checked=checked” rather than something like “checked=true” or just “checked”?

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To retain XHMTL compatiblity, Struts outputs all properties in a “property=value” format. When doing this for properties that can be present or not (checked, nowrap, et al), the HTML 4.01 specification says to use the same token for the property and the value.