Thanks Hans! :) I was just trying to be lazy and do the creation of the bean in the fmt tag. :-P -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Hans Bergsten [mailto:hans@;gefionsoftware.com] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:44 PM To: Tag Libraries Users List Subject: Re: JSTL on the fly 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 -- Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com JavaServer Pages http://TheJSPBook.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:taglibs-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
