JSTL test condition not evaluating properly?

[brannan nu]

im using tomcat 6 and jstl 1.2

My backing bean has a variable that looks something like this:

List<filesDTO> files;

then the correct getters/setters.

within filesDTO i have a boolean:

boolean active;

public isActive(){return this.active;}
public setActive(boolean active){this.active = active;}

now, within my jsp page i have an icefaces datatable that looks something like:

<ice:dataTable id="fileTable" 
				value="#{backingBean.files}" 
				var="file">
				<ice:column id="active">
					<c:choose>
						<c:when test="${file.active}">
							<ice:outputText value="Value is true!"/>
						</c:when>
						<c:otherwise>
							<ice:outputText value="Value is NOT true!"/>
						</c:otherwise>
					</c:choose>
				</ice:column>
</ice:dataTable>

i have trimmed out a little bit but this is the main part of my problem. It always evaluates to false, even if the actual backingBean.files.active value is true.
if i do a

<ice:outputText value="file.active"/>

then i get "true" so i know the value is set

if i make a boolean in my backing bean and make the getter/setters and put that in the when case, it works just fine.
anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Tim Holloway]

Welcome to the JavaRanch, Brannan!

JSTL does not mix well with JSF and should be avoided. There's also no need for JSTL, since JSF can do everything that JSTL could anyway except for some things that are not good MVC to begin with, like coding business logic on the web page itself.

The JSF solution to your problem is actually a lot simpler than JSTL, in any case:

                 <ice:column id="active">  
                        <ice:outputText value="Value is true!" rendered="#{file.active}"/>  
                        <ice:outputText value="Value is NOT true!" rendered="#{not file.active}"/>  
                 </ice:column>  

Note also that JSF uses the "#" EL notation instead of the "$" in order to support both read-only and read-write references.

[brannan nu]

that worked perfectly, you sir, are awesome