I hadn't thought about using JSTL.
Then I could also do something like this (using "empty" in the test as
suggested by Mike McNally)...
<c:out value="${ empty actionBean.person.name
<http://actionbean.person.name/> ? 'valued customer' :
actionBean.person.name <http://actionbean.person.name/> }"/>
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Joaquin Valdez <joaquinfval...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I do this using JSTL but I am sure there is a better way:
>
> <c:if test="${actionBean.context.user != null}”>
> // do stuff
> </c:if>
>
> You could also do this:
>
> <c:choose>
> <c:when test="${actionBean.context.user != null}”>
> // do something...
> </c:when>
> <c:when test="${actionBean.context.user == null}”>
> // do another thing…
> </c:when>
> <c:otherwise>
> // or do something completely different.
> </c:otherwise></c:choose>
>
> -Joaquin
>
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 21, 2014, at 2:12 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 <http://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 <http://actionbean.person.name/> !=
> null) ? actionBean.person.name <http://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?
>
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