Need help on JSP pages!!!!!

Question

Hi,
I have a column named "status" in a table stored in a database.
this column hold an int value, either 0 or 1
0 means the staff is in an "inactive" status where 1 is just the contrast.
I have the following statements in theJSP page, the <c:out value="${staffer.status}"/> will return an int of either 0 or 1.
I want it to return a String "active" when <c:out value="${staffer.status}"/> returns 1 and to return the String "inactive" when <c:out value="${staffer.status}"/> returns 0
      <tr>
    <td width="41%" align="center"><b><font size="4">Status:</font></b></td>
    <td width="59%"><c:out value="${staffer.status}"/></td>
  </tr>how can i do this??
thanks a lot!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

My approach would be to make the JavaBean staffer is an instance of to return the string you want in the getter method:
  public String getStatus() {
    if (status==1) return "active";
    else return "inactive";
  }