What explains this behavior?

Question

Hi,
Apologies if I am missing something obvious (this code is from a basic example that I am trying to understand). The following code ought to display values 6 to 10:
     <c:forEach var="header" begin='6' end='10'>
          <c:out value="${header}" />
          A<br/>
     </c:forEach>However, the output on screen is as follows:
org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.ImplicitObjects$7@537a6a5f A
org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.ImplicitObjects$7@537a6a5f A
org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.ImplicitObjects$7@537a6a5f A
org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.ImplicitObjects$7@537a6a5f A
org.apache.taglibs.standard.lang.jstl.ImplicitObjects$7@537a6a5f A
What is going on? According to Core JSTL the example above ought to print out values 6 to 10.
Thanks.

Answer 1

'header' is a reserved variable name inside JSP which refers to the HTTP headers. You should not be using reserved variable names inside JSP. Changing it to 'head' or so should work.