JSTL forEach Query

[wonderpets]

Hi All,

This is my first post to this forum so please let me know if I go off track.
Can someone help me with a jstl forEach issue I have. We have been provided with jsp pages from an external company that we now have to incorporate our variable data. This is received in the normal way via collections. The problem I have is that the pages are structured with a series of divs specifying column 1 followed by a series of divs specifying column 2 etc... Each item from the collection, however, corresponds to a row across each of these divs.

My first thought was to create variable fields from the collection so I could just place them into the right pages as below:

<c:set var="count" value="1" />
<c:forEach var="bookListEntry" items="${bookSearchResultList}" begin="${param.first}" end="${param.first + noOfRows - 1}">
<c:set var="who${count}" value="${bookListEntry.artistName}"/>
<c:set var="where${count}" value="${bookListEntry.countyName}"/>
<c:set var="cost${count}" value="${bookListEntry.costRangeFrom}"/>
<c:set var="bandIndex${count}" value="${bookListEntry.bandIndex}"/>
<c:set var="proFile${count}" value="${bookListEntry.proFile}"/>

<c:set var="count" value="${count+1}"/>
</c:forEach>

but according to the DTD atrribute var does not accept expressions. I'm using the begin and end attributes because I only want to partially traverse the collaction as there is a "next" and "prev" button at the bottom.

My question is, is there any way to create a variable "var" name or alternatively can anyone think of a better way to do this.

I hope this makes sense as it's always difficult to try and put into words something you've been working on for a while.

Thanks for any help.

Gareth

[Nicholas Jordan]

What DTD, where?

Last time I heard JSTL was not ready for PrimeTime. Did Marty get Vol-2 on the trucks yet?

It does not take me a long time to figure this stuff, if you can give me a base reference page I may be able to provide some help. Your words are clear: get a var ( variable / label / whatever ) such that the expressions who / where / band / costIndex and proFile become ( words again ) assigned to a label in your source code such that they may be worked as any other variable in traditional code.

Swamped right now with a major project, hope I helped you with your wording. Nil illegitimo in desperandum carborundum.

[wonderpets]

Thanks for the reply Nickolas and I appreciate your time (fully understand that you deadlines to meet). Hopefully, I can clarify what I said.

When I said DTD a bit of dyslexia crept in. I meant TLD, sorry.

I have put the jsp up as a text page so, hopefully, you can see what I mean instead of trying to decipher my babble. There is some hard-coding at the moment with c:set's but please ignore these for now.

msgnitsolutions com test TestResults.txt

Hopefully this makes a bit more sense.

Thanks,

Gareth

[Nicholas Jordan]

TLD's are in xml - you have to write the tags.

who / where / cost / bandIndex / proFile should be in a Bean.

Where is bookSearchResultList?

As for time, I really put up some sloppy code in front of a convert from Captain Hoppers legendary business oriented language. That poster is a Navigator, but not a Browser.

[wonderpets]

Hi Nicholas,

Thanks for the reply again. Unfortunately I'm under contract with my wife and I'm not allowed to work Saturday nights so I've only just got your reply.

The properties you mentioned are defined in a bean bookSearchResultList which is built using a struts config file and appropriate servlet. When I hard-code this list of c:set's to use who1, where1 etc... everything works fine. The bean is picked up and everything is displayed correctly. It's only when I try to make the var property contain a variable name I am having problems.

Is that COBOL you're talking about? I've not had the misfortune to use that for some years.

Thanks again,

Gareth

[Nicholas Jordan]

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Originally Posted by wonderpets

Hi Nicholas,

Hi, Gaeth.

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Originally Posted by wonderpets

Thanks for the reply again. Unfortunately I'm under contract with my wife and I'm not allowed to work Saturday nights so I've only just got your reply.

I have responses, we do not have a Wombat patch so I cannot do anything but let the moderators have a swipe at your swipe. ( weak humor, weak reference )

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Originally Posted by wonderpets

The properties you mentioned are defined in a bean bookSearchResultList which is built using a struts config file

Do you have some code snippets you can show me? I do not at this point even know what a c:set is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wonderpets

When I hard-code this list of c:set's to use who1, where1 etc... everything works fine. The bean is picked up and everything is displayed correctly. It's only when I try to make the var property contain a variable name I am having problems.

Struts is an intermediary of some kind, I have no experience with struts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wonderpets

Is that COBOL you're talking about? I've not had the misfortune to use that for some years.

Norm, this one's yours.