Question

We have jsp, which uses some java beans to create some variables to be used inside jsp. I am wondering how to share those variables with javascript?

Answer 1

Write out your bean value to an HTML element’s value or an attribute of the HTML element. Give the HTML element an ID. Use Javascript to retrieve the element by ID, or by another accessor, and you can access the value. Are you using struts or another Servlet framework?

A simple example

JSP:

 <div id="employeeName">
      <jsp:getProperty name="employee" property="firstName"/>
    </div>

HTML:

<script type="text/javascript">var el = document.getElementById("employeeName");</script>