html:select Struts tag problems

Question

hello
I've a bean "Profile" in my sessionScope under name "myProfile"
This bean is defined as
public class Profile implements java.io.Serializable  {
     private User user;
     private List<Groups> groups;
     private List<Function> function;
     private List<Services> services;
     etc. .-.... getter and setter.....
}the "services list" is full of data
now in my jsp I want to print all the services in a select box. I'm using struts so I do
<html:select property="serviceId">
      <html:options collection="${myProfile.services}" property="idSoc" labelProperty="descrizione" />
                    </html:select>it doesn't works..the console says
Cannot find bean under name [it.object.Services@16b5518, it.object.Services@19fdafc]
I've read the documentation.. but I don't understand if in the collection attribute I can put only the name of a bean that identify a collection...
I can't use EL?
I try do use a bean:define and to put its name in the collection attribute
<bean:define id="myBean" value="${myProfile.services}"/>
               <html:select property="societaId" >
                         <html:options collection="myBean" property="idSoc" labelProperty="descrizione" />
                    </html:select>but it still doesn't work.. it says
Cannot create iterator for [it.object.Services@16b5518, it.object.Services@19fdafc]
what the way to solve this problem
thanks
martina

Answer 1

<html:select>
<html:optionsCollection name = "myProfile"
property = "services" value ="idSoc" label =
"descrizione"/>
/html:select>yes evnafets
you're right
this code works!
but there's a problem. To simplify this post I say I've a bean with a Collection inside that I want to iterate.
In my real application I've a session bean with another bean inside that contains the Collection. I've one more level (3 levels instead 2)
whit the code you suggest I can't search inside it...
I mean over myProfile I've onother bean that contains it and it's in the session
bean1 -> myProfile -> List of Services
from the session I can take by name only the "bean1"
do you know what's the solution in this case?
I've used some code like this
<bean:define id="myBean" name="bean1" property="profilo"></bean:define>
<html:select>
        <html:optionsCollection name = "myBean" property = "services" value ="idSoc" label = "descrizione"/>
</html:select>it works..as you suggest I can specify only attribute names so I think this is the right way... or?!
thanks a lot for yor help
martina