YES!!! The missing link to JSTL has been added! I'm excited...now I
guess I just need to migrate to JSP 2.0.
Dan
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:59:30 -0400, David G. Friedman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan,
>
> If you are using a JSP 2.0 container, here is a snippet from a post I made
> in the last few days on how to use the "? :" conditional statement:
>
> JBoss v4.0 says it (like Tomcat 5.X.X) supports JSP 2.0. So you can use the
> standard Struts release and simply type in the ${expression} syntax from JSP
> v2.0 directly into a struts tag or anywhere in the JSP page itself. Do
> ${abc.xyz} to call the getXyz method of object abc. Scopes should be
> searched automatically in order as mentioned in previous posts today (or
> yesterday) on JSP 2.0. For IF statements, you can do ${ true ? "right" :
> "wrong" } where this prints out the word "right" while it could be a method
> call to retrieve data to display instead of the string "right" or the string
> "wrong".
>
> Again, "right" and "wrong" can be objects and methods (thing.piece.etc.)
> instead of double quoted text words.
>
> Or you can try using c:if + c:else OR the c:choose + c:when + c:otherwise
> combo as shown here:
> http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0209&L=jsp-interest&F=&S=&P=39
> 142
>
> For 2.0 ref docs, see section "ChoiceExpression" in gray on the left:
> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/syntax/2.0/card20.pdf
>
> Regards,
> David
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 3:43 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: inline conditional expression with JSTL EL
>
> Does anyone know if there are plans for (or if an existing library is
> floating around) that allows inline conditional expressions in the
> POSIX style? An example would look something like the following:
>
> <c:out value="${user.registered ? 'registered' : 'guest'}"/>
>
> I realize it is possible to use c:choose tags for such a condition,
> but often times a simple either/or turns out to be much more verbose
> than its resulting effect on the page.
>
> Dan
>
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