Hi Paul. Sorry for my delay in answering questions! I've been on the
road.
> JSTL allows varName[propertyName] syntax. I'm curious about the quoting
> requirements for propertyName. For example, in the JSTL spec, page 3-20,
> there is an example that looks like this:
>
> <c:out value='${user.preferences["shipping"]}'/>
>
> Most examples in the spec use double quotes around attribute values,
> but this example switches to single quotes so that the property name
> can be double-quoted.
>
> I thought perhaps it was a requirement that the property name be
> enclosed in double quotes, but a few tests using single quotes seem to
> work as well. Is that officially supported, or did I just get lucky?
Single quotes are a valid quoting syntax in JSTL's expression language; a
single-quoted sequence of characters is interpreted as a string literal.
Thus,
preferences['shipping']
is okay. The choice of which quoting mechanism to use is predominantly a
matter of style and convenience.
--
Shawn Bayern
"JSP Standard Tag Library" http://www.jstlbook.com
(coming in July 2002 from Manning Publications)
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