On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Richard Yumul wrote:
> Is there a particular reason why the <logic:present> tag from the
> struts-logic taglib can't check if a value has been set in the request w/
> the Servlet.setAttribute() method?
>
> It seems like this would be common design pattern:
>
> The Action class successfully processes some submitted form data,
>
> It adds some info to the request object
> (HttpServletRequest.setAttribute()),
> (like a status message of the whatever the form was supposed to do)
>
> Passes control to whatever the mapping.findforward() method returns;
>
> Then the JSP displays the page with the status message w/ a
> request.getAttribute().
>
> Essentially, I'd like to avoid a:
>
> <%
> String mesg = request.getAttribute("status.message");
> if (mesg != null) {
> out.println(mesg);
> }
> %>
>
> in my JSP page and leverage as much as I can from the taglibs. Does struts
> provide any other mechanism to accomplish this?
>
Doesn't this do what you want?
<logic:present name="status.message" scope="request">
<bean:write name="status.message"/>
</logic:present>
Request attributes (in an Action) are the same as request scope beans (in
a JSP page).
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
Craig McClanahan
