Passing array values as tag attributes

[Venkatesh]

Hello All,

I am new to JSP technology. Still getting a grasp.

I have one quick question. Request somebody to answer this.

Is it possible to pass string array (java.lang.String []) as value for
a JSP tag attribute? Basically, I'm coding a custom tag that writes
HTML <select>. For this, I would like to get the options to be shown
inside <select>, and the options should be given as an array of
strings. Is it possible to write such a tag? or should I get the
options as a single string (with delimiters) and do a string split
inside my doStartTag function?

Thank you,
Venkatesh

 

[Manish Pandit]

What you need is dynamic attributes. Unfortunately there is almost no
documentation on this feature, but this tutorial from javaranch can get
you started:

http://saloon.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=006569

-cheers,
Manish

 

[Venkatesh]

Hi Manish,

Seems like dynamic attributes are available from JSP 2.0. We are using
Tomcat 4.1 (which supports JSP 1.2). Is there any way we can use
dynamic attributes here?

Thank you,
Venkatesh