All things being equal, the 'preferred' solution is always the one that uses tags rather than scriptlets. It is cleaner and easier to understand and maintain. Additionally, a web designer (non-Java developer) can more easily work with the content and not have to worry about the Java code.
-KG -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [magnolia-user] getting content of nodes all, Recently I had the same problem and used the code below to use values in scriplets. <c:set var="filename"><cms:out nodeDataName="filename" /></c:set> <% String filename = (String) pageContext.getAttribute("filename"); %> They both do their job, but what is the preferred way of accessing variables ? cheerio, Vincent -----Original Message----- From: Moskos, Jay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: vrijdag 3 februari 2006 17:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [magnolia-user] getting content of nodes Try String phone = ((Resource.getLocalContentNode(request)).getNodeData("phone")).getString (); Cheers, Jay Moskos -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [magnolia-user] getting content of nodes hi, i think i've got a little missunderstandig: <cms:out nodeDataName="Phone" /> prints the content of Phone. so far so good. but how i can access the same content in a scriplet? i try the code below, but it doesn't work. why? Content currentPage = Resource.getActivePage(request); String email = currentPage.getNodeData("Phone").getString(); thx for help so long ingo ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html ----------------------------------------------------------------
