Editing Strings in Struts

[Bojan]

Hi,

I pass a list of type File to the servelet. The JSP page has a loop
that goes through the list, and gets a File. It creates an href for
that file and i want the name not to include the extension of the
file.

Here is the code:

<logic:iterate name="files" id="file">
<bean:define id="fileName" name="file" property="name" />
<a href="<bean:write name="file" />"><bean:write name="fileName" </a>
.....

Is there anyway i can do substring (0, size-3) or somethign along
those lines to get the file name without the extension?

Thank you for your help

 

[Bojan]

solved. Using <%= fileName.replace(".doc", "") %>

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

solved. Using <%= fileName.replace(".doc", "") %>

It may be nicer to return a list of a custom type
with the properties you need.

Arne

 

[Lew]

It may be nicer to return a list of a custom type
with the properties you need.

That would have the benefit of amenability to a more model-view-controller
(MVC) style whereby one does not embed scriptlet in a JSP.

Of course, MVC is a guideline, not a straitjacket. Ne'ertheless, there's a
power in using JSP merely to display a custom list rather than to manipulate
it. For one thing, it simplifies maintenance should, say, your list grow to
include ".odt" files as well as ".doc". Or later still, ".txt". Oops, time
to add ".lst". Hmm, what about "How to write a document.doc"? Do you really
want the result to be "How to write a ument"?

 

[Lew]

Hmm, what about "How to write a document.doc"?
Do you really want the result to be "How to write a ument"?

I meant that example to be

Hmm, what about "How to write a .document.doc"?