Yeah Thanks man But i was looking for more specific answer i could use
something like
<c:forEach item="${rancher}" var="items">
<c:if test="${firstname==items.key}">
<c
ut value="${items.value.firstname}"/>
<c
ut value="${items.value.lastname}"/>
<c
ut value="${items.value.salary}"/>
</c:if>
</c:forEach>
where firstname is scoped variable and the value is a DTO. I got the answer after i posted my question but thought it would be of future help
[ February 01, 2008: Message edited by: Arvind Kovuri ]