How about adding some JavaScript to update the value of a hidden input to contain the key? That way you get both the key and the value submitted as request params.
Quoting Helios Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Can't you change the whole thing to work always with the key, and only do > the key->value mapping? Or maybe you can have a bean with both mappings: > > UsersBean > + idByUserName: Map > + userNameById: Map > > if you really need it (it is, in case both key and value are valid "codes" > and not only final results). > > At 04:33 10/10/2004 +1000, you wrote: > >G'day, > > > >Ummmmmm, this returns the value associated with the key... I need to do the > >opposite whereby I have the value and I need it's key. > > > >Thanks. > >AB > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Tim Troy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Saturday, 9 October 2004 10:33 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: FW: [JSTL] Retrieving the key from a LinkedMap for a known value? > > > > > >I have a bean with a HashMap named errorCodes. To access a key using jstl, > >I do the following: > > > ><c:out value="${bean.errorCodes['categoryId']}"></c:out> > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Adrian Beech [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 1:59 AM > >To: 'Tag Libraries Users List' > >Subject: [JSTL] Retrieving the key from a LinkedMap for a known value? > > > > > >G'day all, > > > >Is it possible to retrieve the key from a LinkedMap for a known value using > >the expression language syntax under JSTL 1.0? > > > >For example, I have a LinkedMap object which is being used to generate a > >drop down with the <input:select .../> tag from the Input taglib. Apart > >from needing the value selected by the user from the drop down I need to > >pull the corresponding key for display purposes on the next page along in > >the food chain. As I've already got the key/value pairs in a LinkedMap > >within the session context I was hoping to merely say "well here is the > >value from the drop down now give me the key which was used as the display > >text for that drop down". > > > >Does this sort of make sense? > > > >AB -- 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]
