Question

Here is my code:

<html:text name="rptData" property="emailAddress" onblur="checkIfEmpty('<bean:write name="rptData" property="status" />' , this.id)" />

This is nested inside a logic:iterate tag. What i need to do, is to pass value of ‘status’ to the javascript checkIfEmpty method. But i guess there is some error in the quotes. It is not working properly. Please anyone guide me. Thanks.

Answer 1

ok after doing some research i found out the answer.

if i have some code like this:

<html:text styleId="emailAddress+<%=statusC.toString() %>" name="rptData" property="emailAddress" />

its output is as follows:

<input type="text" name="emailAddress" value="[e-mail]" id="emailAddress+<%=statusC.toString() %>" />

but if i use

<html:text styleId="<%=statusC.toString() %>" name="rptData" property="emailAddress" />

the output is:

<input type="text" name="emailAddress" value="[e-mail]" id="Approved" />

That means without string concatenation the output is correct. i.e. only using

styleId="<%=statusC.toString() %>"

rather then

styleId="emailAddress + <%=statusC.toString() %>"

or even

styleId="emailAddress" + <%=statusC.toString() %> - This results in an error, though

yeilds correct output.

So the workaround is to first intialize a complete java String in a scriplet then use it inside the styleId tag.

<% String emailId =  "emailAddress" + statusC.toString()  ;%>
<html:text styleId="<%=emailId%>" name="rptData" property="newEmailAddress" />

It will work fine. Cheers !