Question

There’s a strange requirement where I need to get server side data on page load using only html tags.

I have following field in Struts 2 action

private String myData; //with getter and setter.
...
myData = "myValue";
....

and to bind it with text field in jsp, I usually write

<s:textfield name="myData"></s:textfield>

When result is dispatched to jsp, Struts2 renders it something like this

<input type="text" name="myData" value="myValue"></input>

But when I write

<input type="text" name="myData"></input>

It does not bring any value with it.

Can I achieve this without using strut2 tags, scriptlets, or any such server side thing in jsp?

Answer 1

You have to give the value attribute in your tag… Any server programming language renders thier tag as html tags.