How to assign bean value to a local variable in JSP using struts.

Question

Hi everybody!
I've a problem that puzzled me on how to assign a bean value to a local variable like String in JSP using struts.
we can have someting like this to display the value
<bean:write name="detailService" property="status" />or
<bean:define id="theStatus" name="detailService" property="status"/>
     This is country: <%=theStatus%>but an error occured when I tried like this:
String currentStatus = "<bean:define id="theStatus" name="detailService" property="status"/>";
or
String currentStatus = "<bean:write name="detailService" property="status" />";Is there a way to do this?.....
Any help pretty much appreciated

Answer 1

Java != JSP.
The <bean:define> and <bean:write> tags are custom tags meant to appear in the HTML section of a JSP file, as opposed to the scriptlet section. They actually get turned into java code as part of the translation process.
The <bean:write> tag naturally just writes out what you tell it to.
The <bean:define> tag defines a local variable, and gives it a value.
this should do it.
<bean:define id="theStatus" name="detailService" property="status" type="java.lang.String"/>
<%
  String currentStatus = theStatus;
%>With the advent of JSTL, you shouldn't really need to use scriptlet code anymore. Personally I am for 0% scriptlet code in any jsp I write.