Right - if <xtags:variable> has an 'id' attribute, then you may simply use it to expose a scripting variable. There isn't a need for <jsp:useBean> if the tag directly exposes a scripting variable. (So that's your answer!)
-- Shawn Bayern "JSTL in Action" http://www.jstlbook.com On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Carlos Barroso wrote: > I tried another approach: > > <xtags:variable id="menu" select="<xpath expression>"/> > <jsp:useBean id="menu" type="String"/> > > and it didn't work again... > > At the begining of the file i have: > > String menu = null; > > and using the lines above it gives the following error: > > Variable 'menu' is already defined in this method. > > It's kind of weird... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Bayern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: quarta-feira, 21 de Agosto de 2002 14:06 > To: Tag Libraries Users List > Subject: RE: How to get a <xtags:valueOf.../> value > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Carlos Barroso wrote: > > > Thanks very much for the help. Where can i get JSTL to work with xtags? > > You can download our JSTL implementation from > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-taglibs/releases/standard/ > > Then, once you follow the instructions in the package to install JSTL into > your web application, simply include > > <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core"; %> > > at the top of your page in addition to the XTags <%@ taglib %> > declaration. Once you do that, you'll be able to use the syntax I > suggested. > > Note that JSTL provides an XML-manipulation tag library; you might > consider using that instead of XTags. (Note that JSTL requires a JSP 1.2 > container, while XTags continues to run successfully on the old JSP 1.1.) > One advantage of switching to JSTL is that you can be sure the tags are > supported on every container, and individual containers can recognize the > tags and optimize their implementations. > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
