Thanks guys,
In the end I stuck with the logic tag. But I do think this highlights a
deficiency in the JSTL tags.
Is sun open to suggestions on this topic? I think there is a need for a
security/authorisation tagset as part of JSTL.
Zoran
> I couldn't find a way in JSTL/EL using the standard tags. So it looks
> like we need a tag with that ability.
> In that case it probably doesn't matter if you use the logic tag or the
> other suggestion of the request tag.
>
> I see that the logic tag allows you to check for more than 1 role eg
>
> <logic:present role="role1,role2,role3">
>
> whereas the request tag does not, so there may be a benefit with still
> using the logic tag.
>
> Zoran Avtarovski wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to find a way to use the isUserInRole method with the c:if tag.
>>
>> I tried <c:if test="${pageContext.getRequest().isUserInRole("admin")}">
>>
>> But you can't use the isUserInRole method as an expression. I'd rather not
>> have to cast the role into a page context string to test. Using the
>> logic:present tag is more preferable. I only ask because I get the feeling
>> that there's a move away from the struts tags and toward jstl.
>>
>> How do others do it?
>>
>> Zoran
>>
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