On Tuesday 19 Mar 2002 14H:17 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, John Baker wrote:
> > Following on from my posts earlier (sorry it ended up going twice or
> > whatever, sendmail was lieing to me), I'm wondering if I can do:
> >
> > <c:set var="searchType" value="${Integer.class" scope="session/>
> >
> > <c:if test="${session.searchType == Integer.class">
> >
> > </c:if>
> >
> > but I'm rather thinking I can't. Can anyone confirm this, and suggest
> > another way?
>
> I'm not sure what you're asking, exactly. ${Integer.class} is a perfectly
> valid expression, but it means "the 'class' property of the scoped
> variable named 'Integer'". It doesn't mean "the result of the getClass()
> method for the class Integer", if that's what you're asking.
>
> If you had an individual Integer I, then ${I.class} would correspond to
> the Class object for Integer.
Yes, that was what I was asking. I don't like storing Strings, I'd much
prefer a Class if it makes sense (program wise ;-).
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John Baker, BSc CS.
Java Developer, TEAM/Slb. http://www.teamenergy.com
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