Right. Do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes with the JavaBeans spec:
http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/spec.html Specifically, pay attention to sections 8.3 "Design Patterns for Properties" and 8.8 "Capitalization of inferred names". Quoting "Chen, Gin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You can access anything that follows JavaBean standards. > (get/setXXX)(isXXX)etc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:34 AM > To: Tag Libraries Users List > Subject: RE: using <c:if> tag to work out if one date is less than > another. > > > > Thank-you Kris, works like a dream. > > Am I right in thinking you can access any property on any object in the > expression language as long as the method name begins with 'get'? > > Martin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 September 2003 13:31 > To: Tag Libraries Users List > Subject: Re: using <c:if> tag to work out if one date is less than > another. > > > <jsp:useBean id="now" class="java.util.Date"/> > ... > <c:choose> > <c:when test="${fixture.kickoffDate.time lt now.time}"> > ... > </c:when> > <c:otherwise> > ... > </c:otherwise> > </c:choose> > ... > > Quoting Martin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to use the <c:if> tag to determine if one date is before or > > after > > another. My code is at the bottom of this email. > > > > fixture.kickoffDate returns a java.util.Date object. Can I use .time to > > get > > me a long? > > > > I realise that I can't put the System.currentTimeMillis code in, but how > > can > > I get the > > current system time in to a scripting variable?? > > > > > > <table> > > <tr> > > <c:if test="${fixture.kickoffDate.time < System.currentTimeMillis}" > > > > <td> Kick off is less than system time </td> > > </c:if> > > <c:if test="${fixture.kickoffDate.time > System.currentTimeMillis}" > > > > <td> Kick off is greater than system time </td> > > </c:if> > > </tr> > > </table> > > > > Using Tomcat 4.1.18 and JSTL 1.0 > > -- > Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/> -- Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]