About JSTL, EL and size Collections

[Rafael Afonso]

Hello:
In my JSP page, I have a bean that is a Collection. I am using a <c:choose> tag. To verify if my Collection is empty I do this:

<c:when test="${not empty minhaColecao}"> ... </c:when> 

Now, If I want verify size Collection I do not do this:

  
<c:when test="${minhaColecao.size == 1}"> ... </c:when> 

because there is not getSize() method for Collections, but size(). Does EL allow a alternative? Or must I use <c_rt:when> like:

  
<c_rt:when test="${<%=minhaColecao.size() == 1%>}"> ... </c_rt:when>

Thanks,

[Axel Janssen]

I am very sure that you only can use the twin
rtexprvalue library c_rt.
..or if you access minhaColecao as a bean attribute you may save the size of your collection as an extra attribute is that bean.
[ February 26, 2003: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]