Accessing Parameter Values with JSTL Actions

Example 8-2 shows a page with the same form as in Example 8-1, but with the form’s action attribute pointing back to the JSP page that contains it and JSTL actions adding the submitted values to the response.

Example 8-2. Accessing parameters with JSTL (input_jstl.jsp)
                     <%@ page contentType="text/html" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
  
<html>
  <head>
    <title>User Info Entry Form</title>
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="white">
    <form action="input_jstl.jsp" method="post">
      <table>
        <tr>
          <td>Name:</td>
          <td>
            <input type="text" name="userName">
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Birth Date:</td>
          <td>
            <input type="text" name="birthDate">
          </td>
          <td>(Use format yyyy-mm-dd)</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Email Address:</td>
          <td>
            <input type="text" name="emailAddr">
          </td>
          <td>(Use format name@company.com)</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Gender:</td>
          <td>
            <input type="radio" name="gender" value="m" checked>Male<br>
            <input type="radio" name="gender" value="f">Female
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Lucky number:</td>
          <td>
            <input type="text" name="luckyNumber">
          </td>
          <td>(A number between 1 and 100)</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Favorite Foods:</td>
          <td>
            <input type="checkbox" name="food" value="z">Pizza<br>
            <input type="checkbox" name="food" value="p">Pasta<br>
            <input type="checkbox" name="food" value="c">Chinese
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td colspan=2>
            <input type="submit" value="Send Data">
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </form>
  
    You entered:<br>
    Name: <c:out value="${param.userName}" /><br> Birth Date: ...

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