How to initialize radiobuttons/checkboxes from a bean

[Bill O'Keefe]

I am using a bean to initialize the form fields of a JSP.
I understand how to use <jsp:getProperty...> to initialize text fields,
or to just include a string within the page.  However I'm a bit unclear
on the best way to initialize radio buttons and check boxes.  The only thing
I've come up with is the following (somewhat ugly) solution:

        <jsp:useBean id="mbean" class="..." scope="session"/>
        ...
        <input type="radio" name="choice" value="apparel"
        <% if (mbean.getChoice() != null &&
mbean.getChoice().equals("apparel"))
                out.println("checked"); %>
        >Apparel

        <input type="radio" name="choice" value="computers"
        <% if (mbean.getChoice() != null &&
mbean.getChoice().equals("computers"))
                out.println("checked"); %>
        >Computers
        ...

Is there a more elegant way to accomplish this?  Thanks.



    -- Bill

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Bill O'Keefe                                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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