Question

I have try to access the map in jsf using C:foreach.But i can’t access that in jsf by using”#” symbol.But i can access it using “$” symbol.But i need to access to displayed using jsf component h:outputtext.My sample code is

h:form binding="#{MapInJsf.initForm}">
                <c:forEach items="#{MapInJsf.nameMap}" var="nameMap">
                    <%--<li>${nameMap.key}</li>--%> I cann access it
                    <%--<h:outputText value="#{nameMap}"/>--%>
                    <h:outputText value="Name2 : #{nameMap.key}"/>
                   <h:outputText value="Last Name1 : #{nameMap.value}"/>
                </c:forEach>
            </h:form>

what i do wrong and how can i access that?My Ref link is
Dynamic value binding of JSF component
Please help me.

Answer 1

This will only work when you’re using JSP 2.1 or newer (Servlet 2.5 or newer). On JSP 2.0 or older (Servlet 2.4 or older), it is not possible to reference the c:forEach variable by deferred EL #{}. The deferred EL #{} was namely initially part of JSF 1.0 and was only later integrated in JSP 2.1, around the time JSF 1.2 was released. You should however be able to use standard EL ${}.

<c:forEach items="${MapInJsf.nameMap}" var="nameMap">
    <h:outputText value="Name2 : ${nameMap.key}"/>
    <h:outputText value="Last Name1 : ${nameMap.value}"/>
</c:forEach>

But you won’t be able to bind it to an UIInput component like <h:inputText> since the ${} notation only calls bean getter, not setter.

If you’re running a servlet 2.5 compatible container (like Tomcat 6.0 and up), then you need to ensure that your web.xml is declared as per Servlet 2.5. I.e. the root declaration must be as follows:

<web-app 
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
    id="YourWebAppID"
    version="2.5">

Only then you will be able to use deferred EL #{} on JSP tags like JSTL.

See also:

• Java/JSP article on The Unified Expression Language