List object and foreach

Question

Hello, I have the following code on my Student class:
public static List<Student> getAllStudents() {
EntityManager em = SingletonDAO.getInstance().getEntityManager();
Query q = em.createQuery( "SELECT c FROM students c" );
List<Student> students = q.getResultList();
return students;
The method above just return a List of Student that are on my database. This method is static, and i don't have an allStudent field of course.
I would like to know if is possible to iterate between this list in a foreach JSTL tag. I would like to do something like that:
<c:forEach var="eachStudent" items="${Student.getAllStudents()}" >
<c:out value="${eachStudent}"></c:out><br>
</c:forEach>
I know that the code above doesn't work, but i would like to do something similar to that. Which is the best way to do that?
Thank you, and sorry about my english.

Answer 1

JSTL can not access static functions in that way.
Couple of ways to do it.
1 - Set the list of students as an attribute:
<%
  List studentList = Student.getAllStudents();
  request.setAttribute("studentList", studentList);
%>2 - Write a bean that you can instantiate and get the same thing. Ie so that the method is not static.
public class StudentAccess{
  public List getAllStudents(){
    return Student.getAllStudents();
}And then use it like this:
<jsp:useBean id="studentAccess" class="mypackage.StudentAccess"/>
<c:forEach var="student" items="${studentAccess.allStudents}">
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