jsp:getProperty Tag

The <jsp:getProperty> tag gets a bean property value using the property's getter methods and inserts the value into the response. You must create or locate a bean with <jsp:useBean> before you use <jsp:getProperty>. The <jsp:getProperty> tag has a few limitations:

For more information, see the JavaServer Pages (JSP) v1.2 Syntax Reference on the Sun Microsystems® web site.

Syntax

<jsp:getProperty name="beanInstanceName" property="propertyName" />

Attributes

name="beanInstanceName"

The name of an object (usually an instance of a bean) as declared in a jsp:usebean tag.

property="propertyName"

The name of the bean property whose value you want to display. The property is declared as a variable in a bean and must have a corresponding getter method (for more information on declaring variables and writing getter methods in beans, see http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/).

Examples

<jsp:useBean id="calendar" scope="page" class="employee.Calendar" />	
<h2>	
Calendar of <jsp:getProperty name="calendar" property="username" />	
</h2>

Related Topics

jsp:fallback Tag

jsp:forward Tag

jsp:include Tag

jsp:param Tag

jsp:params Tag

jsp:plugin Tag

jsp:setProperty Tag

jsp:useBean Tag

JSP Tag Reference for Page Flows