Pete:
I can think of a coupla' ways you might do this.
1) Instead of the jsp:useBean syntax just use a normal Java variable
declaration inside your jsp page.
2) Write your own taglib component to emulate the jsp:useBean....
HTH,
Mike
At 1/12/2001 01:06 PM, Peter Alfors wrote:
>Hello all,
>
> I have a design question. I want each of my beans to have a static
>ID variable that defines an ID for this bean. The action classes would
>then use this id to store the bean in the session/request. Likewise,
>the jsp pages would use this static variable as well to retrieve the
>bean from the session/request. I don't like having the pages and action
>
>classes having to know the key to set/retrieve for the beans.
> The problem that I have is that the <jsp:useBean id""> id field does
>
>not allow a runtime variable. Having said that... Is there any other
>way that I can have my JSP page retrieve a static member variable from a
>
>bean and then use it as the reference to a bean stored within the
>session/request????
> I assume that someone has come across this dilema already, and has
>hopefully come up with an answer. (of coarse, I may just be missing
>something right under my nose! :) ).
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>
> Peter Alfors
