Jumping in late, sorry if I've missed something. If you don't specify a "type" attribute for an "attribute" directive, it defaults to String. Perhaps:
<%@ attribute name="employees" type="java.util.Collection" %> Quoting Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 10:00:28AM -0700, Karr, David wrote: > > > How many items are in the collection? Four? Show us the class > > represented by your "employee" object. That is probably the key. > > Yes four items in this example are in the collection. > > The only reason I didn't show the Employee object is if I > create this forEach loop in a regular JSP, where the > employees collection is in scope, the loop works fine. The > Employee object(EmployeeVO) has get/sets of the following > fields: > > private String name; > private int id; > private int age; > private int deptId; > > The problem is it looks like when I do this inside of the > Tag File it thinks the var "employee" represents a String > and not the EmployeeVO which the current iteration of the > employees loop should represent. > > I'm not sure how to get the Tag File to see the var as > EmployeeVO and not a String? > > Thanks again > > <original posted question below:> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rick Reumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 10:42 PM > > > To: Tag Libraries Users List > > > Subject: JSP2.0 Tag File question > > > > > > > > > This is just for a demo, but I'm trying to pass in collection > > > into a Tag File. I'm doing something wrong though as I'm getting > > > > > > Unable to find a value for "name" in object of class > > > "java.lang.String" using operator "." > > > > > > so, I'm thinking maybe I need to do the following differently > > > when in a Tag File. Below is the Tag File: > > > > > > <%@ attribute name="employees" %> > > > <%@ taglib uri="jstl/c" prefix="c" %> > > > <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> > > > <tr> > > > <th>Name</th> > > > <th>Age</th> > > > <th>Department</th> > > > </tr> > > > > > > <c:forEach var='employee' items='${employees}'> > > > <tr> > > > <td><a href="">${employee.name}</td> > > > <td>${employee.age}</td> > > > <td>${employee.deptId}</td> > > > </tr> > > > </c:forEach> > > > </table> > > > > > > I'm passing in employees from a JSP like: > > > > > > <emp:Employees employees="${employees}"/> > > > > > > The forEach above works fine in a standard JSP. It even 'sort > > > of' works in this case also since if I replace the > > > <tr>..</tr> section above with 'test<br>', four test lines > > > print out. Can you not nest a for each with expressions like > > > I'm trying to do in a Tag File? > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > -- > > > Rick > > > > > > "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. > > > That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes." > > > </Jack Handey> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > > > > > > -- > Rick > > "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. > That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes." > </Jack Handey> -- 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]
