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Asked: 2026-05-24T19:19:27+00:00

In plain JSP I can get first item by EL ${form.items[0]} , but in

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In plain JSP I can get first item by EL ${form.items[0]}, but in a JSP tag the same expression throws the following exception:

javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Could not find property 0 in class
java.lang.String

The value of ${form.items} is [Ljava.lang.String;@315e5b60.

JSP tag code is:

<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ attribute name="items" required="true" %>
${items[0]}

JSP code is:

<%@ taglib prefix="t" tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags"%>
<t:input items="${form.items}"></t:input>

Maybe I forgot type of the attribute or something else? Why is the way to access values different in JSP and JSP tag?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to specify the expeded type of the custom tag attribute. By default, it’s java.lang.String, and the JSP container coerces the attribute to a string before passing it to your tag. It thus calls toString on your String array.

    <%@ attribute name="items" required="true" type="java.lang.String[]" %>

    or

    <%@ attribute name="items" required="true" type="[Ljava.lang.String" %>

    should do the trick. If neither does, using 

    <%@ attribute name="items" required="true" type="java.lang.Object" %>

    should, but it’s less clear.

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