Two Beans of same Class - using in JSP with same name

Question

Hi, all:
I want to do something like this:
<jsp:useBean id="entryBean" scope="session" class="myPackage.myClass"/>
<% if (entryBean.getUserRole().equals("Administrator)) { %>
<jsp:useBean id="adminBean" scope="session" class="myPackage.UserBean"/>
<% } else { %>
<jsp:useBean id="userBean" scope="session" class="myPackage.UserBean"/>
<% } %>
This, of course, works. But the problem comes when calling the methods. Usually I would use
<%= userBean.getName() %> - but in this case I don't know whether the bean I have is userBean or adminBean, and there doesn't seem to be a way to call them something other than their id in the session, so that I could get a variable name assigned to both, so I can just refer to a single object.
Any ideas?
Thanks, I appreciate any input.

Answer 1

You'd probably have to have another "fake" bean that references the bean you're using:
<jsp:useBean id="entryBean" scope="session" class="myPackage.myClass"/>
<%
  UserBean proxyBean;
  if (entryBean.getUserRole().equals("Administrator"))
%>
    <jsp:useBean id="adminBean" scope="session" class="myPackage.UserBean"/>
<%
    proxyBean = adminBean;
  else
%>
    <jsp:useBean id="userBean" scope="session" class="myPackage.UserBean"/>
<%
    proxyBean = userBean;
%>
Name: <%= proxyBean.getName() %><br/>No doubt someone's gonna grumble about it not really being a proxy but I couldn't think of another name for it.
Anyway, hopefully the idea here is clear.
Hope this helps.