[struts-menu] Newbee - How to create a dynamic menu in a Struts Action?

[Thomas Bednarz]

Hi, I usually work with Velocity and not with JSP. However I decided to build my menu with JSP and mix Velocity and JSP. The problem is, that I have no experience with JSP. To create a dynamic menu I looked at the database sample. I have the following question: How can I put my menu repository from a Struts Action into a JSP Page Context ????? I have a Struts Action that builds the menu as follows:     public ActionForward perform(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,                                  HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)     throws IOException, ServletException     {         ActionForward af = super.perform(mapping, form, request, response);         if (af != null)             return af;         ........         buildMenu(session);         .....         return (new ActionForward("/Templates/Test.jsp"));     }         protected void buildMenu(HttpSession session)     {         MenuRepository repository = new MenuRepository();         MenuRepository defaultRepository = (MenuRepository)         session.getServletContext().getAttribute(MenuRepository.MENU_REPOSITORY_KEY);         repository.setDisplayers(defaultRepository.getDisplayers());                 MenuComponent mc = new MenuComponent();         mc.setName("Test Menu 1");         String title = "Menu Title";         mc.setTitle(title);         //mc.setLocation("location");         repository.addMenu(mc);                // WHERE TO PUT THE REPOSITORY OBJECT (IN WHICH CONTEXT??)        // I should do something like JSPPageContext.setAttribute("reporsitory", repository);     } In the Test.jsp I would like do do something like:     <menu:useMenuDisplayer name="ListMenu" repository="repository">         <menu:displayMenu name="Test_Menu_1"/>     </menu:useMenuDisplayer>    Many thanks for your help! Tom.