<bean:define> creates a scoped attribute AND a scripting variable, whereas
<c:set> just created the scoped attribute. In your example you are making
use of the scripting variable feature (as the data is already available as a
scoped attribute).
But, with JSP2, all tags magically become EL aware (I believe). So you
should be able to just do:
<pg:pager maxPageItems="${optionsForm.pageItems}"/>
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Barnhoorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:25 PM
> To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> Subject: bean:define vs c:set
>
>
> Hi,
>
> First of all I'd like to thank the contributors of this
> mailinglist. I'm
> using struts for over 1.5 years now and i always found answers in
> archives.
>
>
> In this mailinglist and in the contrib/el there is often
> suggested that
> the best way to prepare for smooth transition to JSP 2.0 is to use el
> tags now and once the application runs on a container that
> supports JSP
> 2.0 just change the links to the tags in web.xml.
>
> Well found an inconvenience in the fact that the define tag was not
> ported.
>
> I have a value in a request variable that specifies who many
> page items
> should be displayed on the page.
> But because the pager tag hasn't el capabilities i had to use
> the define
> tag like:
>
> <bean:define id="pageItems" name="optionsForm" property="pageItems"
> type="java.lang.Integer"/>
>
> <pg:pager
> maxPageItems="<%=pageItems.intValue()%>">
>
> //items
> </pg:pager>
>
>
> In the el way it should be like:
>
> <c:set var="pageItems" value="${optionsForm.pageItems}"/>
>
> <pg:pager
> maxPageItems="<%=pageItems.intValue()%>">
>
> //items
> </pg:pager>
>
> --> but the var pageItems can't be use in scriptlet (not in c or c_rt)
>
>
> So I guess is there a way to work around this without declaring the
> pageItems like this?
>
> <% Integer pageItems =
> ((com.mycompany.foo.struts.OptionsForm)request.getAttribute("o
ptionsForm
> ")).getItems();%>
>
>
> Thank you
> Kris.
>
>
>
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