how to use scope in target version of c:set

[Praveen Sharma]

Hi,using the target version of c:set how can I set the value of a property of a bean which is stored in request scope ?

In my servlet I have the following code :
Employee emp = new Employee(144142,"John"); //new Employee(Id,name)
request.setAttribute("emp", emp);

In my JSP I am trying to do this :
<c:set target="${emp}" property="id" value="13345" scope="request" />
<c:set target="${emp}" property="name" value="Tom" scope="request" />

But I get the following error in TomCat :
Illegal scope attribute without var in "c:set" tag

[Lakshmi Narayanan]

I believer only var has Scope Attribute not Target.

[Atul Samnerkar]

Refer to https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15703
Seems this is known bug.


Cheers...
Atul Samnerkar

[Praveen Sharma]

So that means, I can use target version of c:set only when the object is stored in the page scope ?

[Christophe Verré]

Seems this is known bug.

No, this bug is about fmt:setLocale. The c:set tag does not allow a scope when the target attribute is used. Why would you need a scope, as you are passing the object in the target ? With a bean, you'll specify the scope in the useBean tag.

<jsp:useBean id="emp" class="bean.Employee" scope="request"/> 
<c:set target="${emp}" property="id" value="13345" />

[Praveen Sharma]

Got it !! Thanks Christophe