JavaServer Pages, Second Edition

Name

<x:set>

Synopsis

The <x:set> action sets a scoped variable to the value of an XPath expression evaluation result.

Syntax

<x:set select="XPathExpression" 
  var="var" [scope="page|request|session|application"] />

Attributes

Attribute name	Java type	Dynamic value accepted	Description
select	String	No	The XPath expression to evaluate.
var	String	No	The variable name. The type is the type of the expression evaluation, converted to the corresponding Java type.
scope	String	No	The variable scope.

Example

<x:set var="nodes" 
  select="$doc//story/category[. = $param:selCat]/.." />