Dear all,

How come I can't write this:

<logic:iterate id="ms" name="maritalStatuses">
<logic:equal name="ms" property="value" value="<bean:write name='member' property='mbrMaritalStatus'/>">
<bean:write name="ms" property="label"/>
</logic:equal>
</logic:iterate>

But, when I write this, it works:

<bean:define id="test" name="member" property="mbrMaritalStatus" type="java.lang.String"/>
<logic:iterate id="ms" name="maritalStatuses">
<logic:equal name="ms" property="value" value="<% test %>">
<bean:write name="ms" property="label"/>
</logic:equal>
</logic:iterate>

I would prefer not to use a scriptlet, i would prefer to use the tag libraries when i can.. anyone?

I was doing some reading and one guy out on the internet says that you cannot use bean:write inside the property attribute of another tag...

Is there another elegant way to do what i would like?

Try this:

Try using a <bean:define... tag. I haven't done struts tags in over a year, but I believe that you should be able to declare a "member" bean, and use the member to check the equals.

sv

you're doing too much on the jsp page

as in, you should be doing as much processing in the controller, and your logic on the jsp page should be kept to a minimal and should relate more to layout then complex decisions based on comparisons of arbitrary bean fields.

so in this case, you should have a layout bean that should be populated correctly based on your control logic, and then your struts tags should do simple boolean tests to lay it out.