Use the JSTL. It would be as simple as this:
<c:out value="${SESSION_USER.firstName}"/>
Or if you wanted to make sure you got it from session scope:
<c:out value="${sessionScope.SESSION_USER.firstName}"/>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sloan Seaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Session
>
> What is the best way to get an object out of the session?
>
> The session taglib only has the <sess:attribute> tag which will print
it.
>
> I want to do more along the lines of:
> <sess:attribute name="SESSION_USER" id="user" scope="session">
> <jsp:getProperty name="user" property="firstName"/>
> </sess:attribute>
>
> I have written my own tag to do this but I ma curious if there are any
> apache tags to do this and if not, why?
>
> You can store more than strings in the session attributes...
>
> --
> Sloan
>
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