Let's be explicit, here. A scripting variable is a variable that actually gets declared in the JSP page implementation class, as a local variable within the main processing method of that class. It is *not* the same thing as a page scoped attribute.
Scriptlets rely on the former and require that custom tags wishing to expose such implement the usually optional TagExtraInfo class. JSTL and Struts rely on the later and tend to be, IMHO, cleaner and more flexible. To make a Struts or JSTL scoped variable available to a scriptlet, you *must* declare a variable so that it will end up being declared as a local variable in the underlying parsed class and somehow retrieve it from the appropriate scope and assign it to the declared variable or it will *not* be available to a runtime expression. For the record, I agree that scriptlets are nasty and it would be better if in this case you used an EL capable tag instead of <jsp:include>, like <c:import>, however I was assuming the original poster only had the <jsp:include> tag available. Thomas Gideon Sr. Software Developer B2eMarkets 301.230.2236 Tel. 301.230.2248 Fax. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.B2eMarkets.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Eddie Bush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 5:52 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: newbie include question > > > Or you could use <bean:define> or <jsp:useBean> ... OR you > could use <c:set> > > There are a myriad of ways to introduce scripting variables without > introducing scriplets into your code-base. > > Gideon, Thomas wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> > >>I think you could use the syntax: > >> > >><jsp:include page="/page.jsp" flush="true"> > >> <jsp:param name="yourVariable" value="<%=variable%>"/> > >></jsp:include> > >> > > > >This will work if variable is a *scripting* variable > already. If it is a > >form bean, then you may have to add a scriptlet, first, like: > > > ><% > >Object variable = pageContext.findAttribute("variable"); > >%> > > > >otherwise your runtime expression may cause a JSP compilation error > >complaining about an undefined symbol, variable. > > > >Thomas Gideon > >Sr. Software Developer > >B2eMarkets > > > >301.230.2236 Tel. > >301.230.2248 Fax. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >www.B2eMarkets.com > > > > -- > Eddie Bush > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
