Question

I want to use the actual item from my c:forEach in a <% JavaCode/JSPCode %>.
How do I access to this item?

<c:forEach var="item" items="${list}">
   <% MyProduct p = (MyProduct) ${item}; %>   <--- ???
</c:forEach>

Answer 1

Don’t use scriptlets (ie. the stuff in between the <% %> tags. It’s considered bad practice because it encourages putting too much code, even business logic, in a view context. Instead, stick to JSTL and EL expressions exclusively. Try this:

<c:forEach var="item" items="${list}">
    <c:set var="p" value="${item}" />
</c:forEach>