December 2003
Intermediate to advanced
764 pages
24h 58m
English
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Using the <jsp:setProperty> Action
One
way to set a bean property value is using the standard action:
<jsp:setProperty>
.
Table 6-2 shows a bean that is similar to the
CartoonBean used in the previous example, but it
also has a writable property named category.
Table 6-2. Properties for com.ora.jsp.beans.motd.MixedMessageBean
|
Property name |
Java type |
Access |
Description |
category |
String |
Write |
The message category, either |
message |
String |
Read |
The current message in the selected category |
Instead of image files, the MixedMessageBean has a
property that contains a funny message (funny to me at least—I
hope you agree). The bean maintains messages of different types, and
the write-only category property is used to select
the type you want. Example 6-3 shows how you can use
this feature.
Example 6-3. A page setting a bean property (message.jsp)
<html>
<head>
<title>Messages of the Day</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<h1>Messages of the Day</h1>
<jsp:useBean id="msg"
class="com.ora.jsp.beans.motd.MixedMessageBean" />
<h2>Deep Thoughts - by Jack Handey</h2>
<jsp:setProperty name="msg" property="category"
value="thoughts" />
<i>
<jsp:getProperty name="msg" property="message" />
</i>
<h2>Quotes From the Famous and the Unknown</h2>
<jsp:setProperty name="msg" property="category"
value="quotes" />
<i>
<jsp:getProperty name="msg" property="message" />
</i>
</body>
</html>As in the previous example, the
<jsp:useBean> action creates an instance of
the MixedMessageBean ...
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