That can be elegantly handled with JSTL as <c:out value="${user.address.city}" default="help!"/>
Sri -----Original Message----- From: teknokrat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bean:write question [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>hello >> >>>i have a class wich contains another class >>>like class "user" which contains a class "adress" in a > > response. > >>>i'd like to write the properties in a jsp >>> >>> > > >><bean:write name="user" property="address.city" /> >>hth, >>Tib > > > > thanks > couldn't have been more simple ! > ------------- > SPECIAL ADSL > L'ADSL à partir de 15,95 EUR/mois et le modem ADSL offert ? C'est en exclusivité > chez Tiscali ! > Pour profiter de cette offre, cliquez ici: http://register.tiscali.fr/adsl/ > Offre soumise à conditions. Ok - but what happens if address is null - then you get NPE. Is there a way stop the NPE and have the field set to nothing i.e. empty thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]