makes total sense. thanks a lot :)
On 4/13/05, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Johnson wrote:
>
> >That totally makes sense, and I definitely see hot to iterate through
> >a collection of Strings or other straightforward things, but what I'm
> >confused about is that my PortfolioBeanCollection (extends ArrayList)
> >contains objects of type "PortfolioBean" which in turn contain the
> >attribute I'm trying to display..so the PortfolioBean itself has no
> >explicit name to which I can refer...
> >
> >so I really want to do something like
> >
> >PortfolioBeanCollection.PortfolioBean.portfolioName
> >
> >normally, I'd just loop through the PortfolioBeanCollection casting
> >the resulting Object into a PortfolioBean then calling the
> >getPortfolioName() method on the bean
> >
> >
> You don't need to cast in JSTL; JSTL does the Right Thing.
>
> You give it a collection ('items' attribute, in your case a
> PortfolioBeanCollection, which is a collection, regardless of whatever
> additional functionality you've given it), a name to call each object in
> the iteration ('var' attribute, say you call it "portfolio"), and go.
>
> The c:out tag says "Oh, you want the 'portfolio.portfolioName' to print
> out," tries to call getPortfolioName() on whatever object you've given
> it (hopefully a PortfolioBean, otherwise it will throw an exception),
> and displays the results.
>
> I don't think I can explain it any differently.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Dave
>
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