Struts 1: Problem using EL to reference form bean

[Steve J Holmes]

I am using struts 1.3.8 and JSTL 1.1

EL is working ok (I can access vars in all scopes).

I have a DynaValidatorActionForm in session scope which EL can see, but when I try to access a property using ${myForm.flowType} (flowType is a string declared in struts-config.xml) I get:

javax.servlet.jsp.el.ELException: Cannot find PropertyDescriptor for 'flowType' for bean 'class org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorActionForm'

Thanks in advance

[Merrill Higginson]

The Struts DynaActionForm uses a Map to store property names and values. The Struts bean:write tag knows this and allows for it, but JSTL tags are not aware of this. Therefore, when using JSTL, you must reference the map that holds the variables through a property called "map". Example:

${myForm.map.flowType}