The manning book says that the getProperty tag will convert whatever the
property is to a string value. I'm not so sure just using an expression does
this.
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Preston
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> There really isn't a difference. According to the book
> "JavaServer Pages" by
> Larne Pekowsky (p. 49):
>
> The [getProperty format] is recommended because it makes
> it clear that the
> object is a bean. In addition, down the road the bean
> specification may be
> expanded so that a bean can comprise multiple classes, at
> which point this
> translation will not work any more.
>
> --Jim Preston
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joshua Gould
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> Subject: <jsp:getProperty>
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>
> I don't understand the difference between <jsp:getProperty> and calling a
> get method directly, e.g. <%=getName()%>
>
> Thank you
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