Use List from JSTL to Scriptlets

[vivek dhiman]

Hi

I want to use the list element inside my scriptlet. Below is my code which is not working.

<c:forEach var="social" items="${sociallist}">
      <%
             callToFunction(%>${social}<%);
       %>
</c:forEach>

How can i access social var inside scriptlet.

Thanks

[Bear Bibeault]

Why would you do that? The JSTL and EL were meant to replace scriptlets 12 years ago. They are not meant to be used together.

If you are using a super-modern version of JSP, you can make general function calls with JSTL and EL. Otherwise you should either refractor the bean to use properties rather than general function calls, or explore defining an EL function, or simple custom tag.

Under no circumstances should you be using scriptlets, and certainly never mixing scriptlets with the JSTL and EL.

[vivek dhiman]

Yes, I can apply the custom tag, but for the time being i have to do it early and the codebase is not setup yet.

[Bear Bibeault]

I don;t what set up you think you need to do. But whatever it is, that's the way to go rather than trying to write fragile code that will cause problems later. What version of JSP and El are you using? You may just be able to make the method call with the EL.