The dot(.) operator and [] operator

[Kim Lauwers]

Hello everyone,

Is there a site or something witch explanes me these two operators because I find them rather difficult.

Or if someone can explain me this shortly.

I'm using HFSJ for studying.

thx

[Kim Lauwers]

Little question about it.

When a have a map:
java.util.Map someMap = new java.util.HashMap();
someMap.put("key","value");

someMap["key"] -->will return value?
map[key]--> wil return null?

correct?

[Balasubramani Dharmalingam]

${someMap["key"]}
In this case it will return the object from someMap that mapped to string "key" will be return.

${someMap[key]}
In this case the value for the key ( equivalent to ${key} ) is evaluated then the object mapped for that value will be return.

[Richard Green]

java.util.Map someMap = new java.util.HashMap();
someMap.put("key","value");

someMap["key"] --> request.getAttribute(someMap.get("key")) --> value
someMap[key]--> request.getAttribute(someMap.get(request.getAttribute("key")) --> null