How to populate a java script array from a bean.

Question

Hi all,
I have a list "mdfProductNames" which is further comprising of two fields "subGroup" and "mdfProductName"
The list is coming is a part of the form bean.(struts framework)
Now i want to have the values of these two fields in two different java script arrays.
i.e. Array x -> mdfProductName
and Array y -> subGroup
can someone give me any idea as to how to do this ?
Thanks
Edited by: Ramit on 17 Jul, 2008 9:53 AM

Answer 1

hi,
assuming u use jstl, u need to create javascript variable during html generation out of the values got from struts form bean. it could look like this:
------ .jsp file ----
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<script type="text/javascript">
var X = [];
var Y = [];
<c:forEach items="${formBeanName.mdfProductNames}" var="grpProdName">
X.push( '${grpProdName.mdfProductName}' );
Y.push( '${grpProdName.subGroup}' );
</c:forEach>
// here u already have the two arrays filled up with data
</script>
------- end of .jsp file
"formBeanName" is a name of a formbean u use to store the list of your beans
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