"Web Development with JavaServer Pages" shown at http://www.taglib.com/ is a pretty good book. The site also has some links to other taglib sites. HTH, Pete "Procek, Brett" wrote: > If I'm understanding you correctly, then what you have to use a > 'cooperating tag' which can create a new variable which can then be used > anywhere inside your JSP file. Ultimately it could be used like the > following. > > <test:createVariable name="x" value="Hello World"/> > <%=x%> // this would send "Hello World" to your browser for display. > > Does anyone know of a good online reference on how to do this? I own > the book "Professional JSP", which I recommend to anyone doing serious > JSP developement. > > Brett > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Förster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 2:54 AM > To: taglibs > Subject: How to assign contents of a tag to a Java-variable? > > Hi! > > I need to assign the "contents" of a tag to a local Java-variable. > Let's say I have an attribute like > > <app:attribute name="userName"/> > > I want to define a variable which gets the value of this attribute. > > <% String user = "???value of the attribute???"; %> > > How can I do this? > > Thomas
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