Its not because of struts, int can not contain null, so nearest possible brother is 0 so they put 0.
Ok, if you still want to use int, then put getter setter as String and parse the input and output to integer and string. int age = -1; public String getAge(){ if(age<0) return null; else return ""+age; } public String setAge(String age){ if(age == null) this.age = 0 else this.age = Integer.parseInt(age); } I think this solves your change of data type solves, By the way one lesson I learned from experience was never use int, float, boolean etc instead use Integer Float and Boolean etc. Regards, Jishnu Viswanath Software Engineer *(+9180)41190300 - 222(Ext) ll * ( + 91 ) 9731209330ll Tavant Technologies Inc., www.tavant.com PEOPLE :: PASSION :: EXCELLENCE -----Original Message----- From: Phan, Hienthuc T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 4:28 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Struts2: display int in JSP That works. Thanks. I'm migrating from Struts 1 & was hoping not have to change the data type. -----Original Message----- From: Jishnu Viswanath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:24 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Struts2: display int in JSP Use Integer instead of int Regards, Jishnu Viswanath Software Engineer *(+9180)41190300 - 222(Ext) ll * ( + 91 ) 9731209330ll Tavant Technologies Inc., www.tavant.com PEOPLE :: PASSION :: EXCELLENCE -----Original Message----- From: Phan, Hienthuc T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:35 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Struts2: display int in JSP Hi, In my action, I have several variables of type int. When the variable is not initialized, it's displayed as 0 in the JSP. I would like un-initialized variable of type int to be display as blank/empty. What is the best way to accomplish this? Thanks. Public class XXAction extends ActionSupport { private int age; private String name = new String("xyz"); private String email; //getters & setters } JSP page would display: Name: xyz Email: Age: 0 Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu - direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. Any comments or statements made in this email are not necessarily those of Tavant Technologies. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. All e-mails sent from or to Tavant Technologies may be subject to our monitoring procedures. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu - direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any comments or statements made in this email are not necessarily those of Tavant Technologies. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. All e-mails sent from or to Tavant Technologies may be subject to our monitoring procedures. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]