Question

I would like to alternate row color for each row, I know how to alternate row color using varStatus in a forEach loop. However now, I’ve a nested loop.

<c:forEach var="aPermission" items="${Permissions}" varStatus="loop1">
    <c:forEach var="anIpRange" items="${aPermission.ipRanges}" varStatus="loop2">
    <tr class="${loop2.index % 2 == 0 ? 'row0' : 'row1'}"> [...]
    </c:forEach>
</c:forEach>

The code above is using only ‘loop2’ varStatus, and is only an approximation. How to solve the problem? I’ve to introduce my count variable or there are better ways?

Answer 1

Simply use a dedicated counter:

<c:set var="counter" value="${0}"/>
<c:forEach var="aPermission" items="${Permissions}" varStatus="loop1">
    <c:forEach var="anIpRange" items="${aPermission.ipRanges}" varStatus="loop2">
        <tr class="${counter % 2 == 0 ? 'row0' : 'row1'}"> [...] </tr>
        <c:set var="counter" value="${counter + 1}"/>
    </c:forEach>
</c:forEach>