Thanks very much James. Thanks also for resisting the urge to put a giant RTFM in your response. :-)
Jefficus ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 9:57 AM Subject: Re: It's late and I'm feeling stupid > > From http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/struts-bean.html#define > > The <bean:define> tag differs from <jsp:useBean> in several ways, > including: > * Unconditionally creates (or replaces) a bean under the specified > identifier. > * Can create a bean with the value returned by a property getter of > a different bean (including properties referenced with a nested > and/or indexed property name). > * Can create a bean whose contents is a literal string (or the > result of a runtime expression) specified by the value attribute. > > > > > > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 00:47, Jeff Smith wrote: > > I have some data in an XML file. > > > > I read it in from JSP using <x:set> (the JSTL X tags) > > > > I then transfered it to a variable like so: > > <c:set var="somevarname"> > > <x:out ... /> > > </c:set> > > > > I can now dump it out happily using <c:out> > > > > It turns out that this particular value (an integer) is useful in a > > subsequent JSP page (if my user elects to go there by clicking the > > appropriate link). So I want to pass it as a parameter when I link to that > > next page. > > > > Aha! the <html:link> allows me to add parameter information. But it appears > > that such info must be in a bean. > > > > So I created a bean: > > <jsp:useBean id="foo" class="java.lang.String"/> > > > > But for all my efforts, I can't figure out how to get the "somevarname" > > value into "foo" > > > > I tried: > > <jsp:useBean id="foo" class="java.lang.String"><c:out > > value="${somevarname}"/></jsp:useBean> > > but that isn't working. (Subsequent attempts to <bean:write name="foo"/> > > come up blank.) > > > > I just know when I wake up tomorrow, the answer is going to be obvious and > > I'm going to feel stupid for asking. But one of the advantages of working > > late without much sleep is that we don't care how we're going to feel about > > it in the morning. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Jefficus > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > James Mitchell > Software Developer/Struts Evangelist > http://www.open-tools.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
