Calling functions in JSp

[Mary Cole]

Hi,
Can anybody tell me how to call functions in JSP's.
Pl reply with an example
Thanx in advance

[John Wetherbie]

I assume you mean calling a bean function vs just having some Java code in your JSP or using a custom tag. I think it looks something like this:
Let the JSP know about the bean:
<jsp::useBean id="hello" class="com.blah.blah.HelloBean"/>
If you had a get (or a set) function like getName:
<jsp:getProperty name="hello" property="name"/>
Or you can do something that looks a little more like traditional Java:
<%@ page import="javax.servlet.jsp.JspFactory" %>
<% JspFactory factory = JspFactory.getDefaultFactory(); %>
These examples are from Web Development with JavaServer Pages by Fields & Kolb.
John

[Mary Cole]

Hi John,
I want to call a java function which will be used repeatedly in a particular JSP
For ex-
Lemme say that I want to add 2 numbers. For that I want to write a function as I don't want to repat my code again and again is say add.jsp
How do you write a function and call it multiple times in a single JSP( don't mistake it for beans function).
Hope you got my point

[Madhu Juneja]

You can define a function say add in a declaration in a .jsp file as follows :
<%! public int add (int a, int b) {}<br /> %>
And then call this function wherever you require in a scriplet / expression as :
<%= add (5,6) %>
Having a function called add.jsp is confusing ...

[Madhu Juneja]

You can define a function say add in a declaration in a .jsp file as follows :
<%! public int add (int a, int b) {}<br /> %>
And then call this function wherever you require in a scriplet / expression as :
<%= add (5,6) %>
Having a function called add.jsp is confusing ...

[Madhu Juneja]

You can define a function say add in a declaration in a .jsp file as follows

<%! public int add (int a, int b) {}
%>

And then call this function wherever you require in a scriplet / expression as

<%= add (5,6) %>

Having a function called add.jsp is confusing ...

[Madhu Juneja]

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[Mary Cole]

Hi,
Thanx a lot

[ismail ismail]

What if the function returns and object:
ConnectionClass getConnectio()
{
ConnectionClass conn = new ConnectionClass();
// the open connection code here;
return conn;
}
Later in the JSP page can I create a connection object and assign it the value returned from getConnection().
Thanks for your help;

[Matt Midcap]

I'm moving this to our "Servlets/JSP" forum where it is more appropriate.
Matt
[This message has been edited by Matt Midcap (edited June 29, 2001).]

[ismail ismail]

Matt, I thought I am in the "Servlets and JSP's" forum, I am confused now!!
Please clear up my confusion..Thanks,
iismail

Originally posted by Matt Midcap:
I'm moving this to our "Servlets/JSP" forum where it is more appropriate.
Matt
[This message has been edited by Matt Midcap (edited June 29, 2001).]

[This message has been edited by ismail ismail (edited June 29, 2001).]