Yes, you can do that. Personally I'd write <h2>Hello ${ empty actionBean.person.name ? "valued customer" : actionBean.person.name }</h2>
Of course you want to prevent XSS attacks too: <h2>Hello ${ empty actionBean.person.name ? "valued customer" : fn:escapeXml(actionBean.person.name) }</h2> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, William Krick <kr...@3feetunder.com> wrote: > In a JSP, I can do something like this to display a value from the action > bean... > > <h2>Hello ${actionBean.person.name} </h2> > > > I'm trying to figure out how to display alternate text in the jsp if the > value from the actionBean is null, but I can't figure out any syntax that > works. I was expecting something like this to work, but that doesn't seem > to be the case... > > > <h2>Hello ${ (actionBean.person.name != null) ? actionBean.person.name : > 'valued customer'} </h2> > > > Is something like this possible, or do I need to write a method in the > actionBean that does this logic and returns the appropriate string? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > -- Turtle, turtle, on the ground, Pink and shiny, turn around. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users