Beans by default have to have a constructor with no parameters...so to be
strict, jsp can't assume any constructors other than one with no
parameters.
It could be added as an optional tag though:
<jsp:useBean id=test scope=session class="com.myCompany.test"
createArgs1="var1" createArgs2="var2" />
And, all createArgs are either java.lang.String, or you then need to
specify the type, and handle cast errors.
But this gets a bit tedious....
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Why can't a developer provide a constructor with a parameter list?
<jsp:useBean id="test" scope="session" class="com.myCompany.test" />
Is is it just me or does this seem like a major pain. If I want to use
a constructor with parameters I would have to write an initialize()
method and call it via:
<%
test.initialize("var1", "var2");
%>
IMO this just leads to bad code. I am writing a bean that accesses an
Oracle database. I would like to provde a database URL, logon and
password as part of the constructor.
Any ideas? Is this slated to become a feature down the road?
Kevin
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