iterating over hashmap using jstl

[Saniya Ansari]

Hi - i have a simple issue but a little new with JSTL.
I have a hashmap which contains a key (string value) and value (array list). I need to iterate such that i populate a html drop down list. The key will be displayed, the arraylist[0] and arraylist[1] values will be displayed as text on the HTML page.

Can anyone show me a simple example ....thanks!

[Bear Bibeault]

What have you worked out so far?

[Saniya Ansari]

    
<c:forEach var="pet" items="${MyBean.getPetMap}" varStatus="status">
<c:choose>
<c:when ... some condition>
<option value="<c:out value="${pet.value}"/>" selected>
<c:out value="${pet.key}"/></option>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
... some condition here
</c:otherwise>  
</c:forEach>
 </c:choose>

this is what i have so far... but i'm wondering on how to get something like pet.value[0] (refering to the first value in the array list)
and then pet.value[1] i.e. the second value...
Should i extract out the array list as a variable using the <c:set> tag and print the value at index 0 and 1 from that...

[Bear Bibeault]

Please edit your post and add proper indentation to the code. Thanks.