On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Scott Goldstein wrote:
> I think this may have already been posted, but I don't recall the
> answer.
>
> Aren't the following two snippets identical?
>
> <%
> String value = "foo";
> %>
>
> <c:out value="${requestScope[value]}"/>
>
> and
>
> <%= request.getAttribute(value) %>
Nope. Scripting variables are not automatically made into scoped
attributes, and the EL can only refer to scoped attributes. If you added
pageContext.setAttribute("foo", foo);
to the upper scriptlet, then the code would be identical.
> The first is returning null and the second is returning the
> appropriate attribute value. I looked in the JSTL spec and it looks
> like the first should work.
>
> Is this a bug?
No, the behavior is as expected.
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Shawn Bayern
"JSTL in Action" http://www.manning.com/bayern
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