h:dataTable and c:when

Question

Hi, I am trying to use jstl inside datatable but it always goes into the otherwise though the flag is true in <c:when.
pls help if anyone had the same problem..Here is the code i have written
<h:dataTable value="#{pc_ResetPassword.secQuestions}" var="varsecList" id="secQuestionTable">
<h:column>
     <h:outputText id="textQuestion" value="# varsecList.questionText}"></h:outputText>
</h:column>
<c:choose>
<c:when test="${varsecList.flag =='true'}">
<h:column>
<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="answer"
value="#{varsecList.answer}"></h:inputText>
</h:column>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<h:column>
<h:inputSecret styleClass="inputSecret" id="ansSecret"
value="#{varsecList.answer}"></h:inputSecret>
</h:column>                         
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>     
</h:dataTable>
Thanks.

Answer 1

You may be able to achieve your desired result using the "rendered" attribute of your jsf tags and skip jstl entirely.
Example:
<h:column>
<h:inputText tyleClass="inputText" id="answer"
value="#{varsecList.answer}"
rendered="#{varsecList.flag eq true}">
<h:inputSecret styleClass="inputSecret" id="ansSecret"
value="#{varsecList.answer}"
rendered="#{varsecList.flag eq false}">
</h:column>