Try: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] isELIgnored="true" %> "Jerry Rodgers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > > > I am having a problem where the parameter this is passed to my setItems() > method of the jstl forEach tag is actually the .toString() version of my > collection. This appears to be because the servlet code generated by > Tomcat > - Jasper actually evaluates the expression and then use the coerce to > string > on my collection. I was under the impression that the generated jsp code > should only set the items property to the runtime expression and then the > tag is actually the one that evaluates the expression. > > > > Here is the problem/question. How do I make Tomcat NOT evaluate my > expression in the JSP because the jstl for:each tags actually have the > expression evaluation built into them. Just as a test when I changed the > value of the parameter in the setItems() back to my expression > "${topnav}" - > then hit resume my page works correctly. What I am currently passed by > Jasper is a long string that is the .toString() on all my items. > > > > // Tomcat generated this > > _jspx_th_core_forEach_0.setItems((java.lang.String) > org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.proprietaryEvaluate("${topnav}", > java.lang.String.class, (PageContext)_jspx_page_context, null, false)); > > > > // Weblogic generated this, > > _core_forEach0.setItems(weblogic.utils.StringUtils.valueOf("${topnav}")); > //[ /layout/nav/top/default.jsp; Line: 13] > > > > When I tried to set the <rtexpression>false</rtexpression> in the tld for > the items attribute then of course jasper complained and gave me this > exception. > > org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /layout/default.jsp(14,4) According to > TLD or attribute directive in tag file, attribute items does not accept > any > expressions > > > > I need jasper to allow the expression but not execute it. How do I do > this? > > > >>> Other details. - my jsp page > > <tiles:importAttribute /> > > <core:forEach var="menuItem" varStatus="status" items="${topnav}"> > > <html:message name="menuItem" property="value"/> > > </core:forEach> > > > > I have tested this with both version 1.0.6 and 1.1. of the jstl tags. Same > behavior in both. It doesn't appear to be the tags fault but rather > Jasper. > > > > Thanks everyone, > > Jerry > > > > > >
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