The unstandard taglib provides a way to get at these static variables: http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/sandbox/doc/unstandard-doc/intro.html
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Capr1ce wrote: > > I'd just like to agree that this is quite annoying. If I have any static > variables that I need to access from JSP pages, I set them as application > scope variables in a load on startup servlet. Annoying, but it's not a bad > work around. > > > > At 10:47 PM 01/07/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >I searched through the archives, and I couldn't find a good answer for > >this question. Is there a reason why there is not a JSTL tag to expose > >the static final variables for a class? You can obviously do this by > >importing the class and using <%= MyClass.STATICVAR %>, or by specifying > >it as an attribute in the session or request scope. > > > >I don't believe it would be too difficult to code the necessary tag, but I > >was first curious as to why this was keep out of the specification. My > >guess would be that someone was trying to say that it is best to keep > >string literals out of source code, and that they could be better defined > >in a properties file. However, a web application framework I use makes > >use of String literals in the source files, so I was looking for a way to > >access them without scriptlets. > > > > ------------------- > >Eric Hauser > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >(317) 679-4766 > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
