Pass argument to custom tag

Question

Is there any way to pass a page-scope variable to a tag hanlder class? I have a variable fullname which I need to pass to the tag, so it can determine how to print it...I'm trying to avoid massive scriptlets in the middle of a complex page. The way it works is: A user logs in; the JSP page determines the user's fullname with a javabean, and then i want to pass that fullname to the tag, so it can either say "logged in as ..." or "not logged in" if the fullname="nobody".
Or is there a much better architecture than what i'm proposing here?
Thanks in advance,
Laz

Answer 1

Did you try putting the value of the name to the session? In your bean, you could create a method that would return a String that contains the name. And then you call that method in the JSP. for example:
session.setAttribute("name", beanInstance.getName() );
And then in the JSP where you need to display the name, you only have to get it by:
out.println("You are logged in as " + session.getAttribute("name") );