Chen, Gin wrote:
Does JSTL EL support creating objects?
for example the following sniplet:
<center><%= new java.util.Date() %></center>
can i do this using jstl tags without first having to set up a bean?
in particular. I want to use the fmt tag to format this date.
No, but you can use the standard <jsp:useBean> action to create an
instance of java.util.Date:
<jsp:useBean id="now" class="java.util.Date" />
<fmt:formatDate value="${now}" ... />
Don't be scared by the "bean" term; a bean is just a class with a
no-argument constructor (all that's needed for <jsp:useBean>) and
methods using the get/setPropertyName() naming convention (needed
to access properties with EL expressions or <jsp:get/setProperty>).
Hans
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