Info on objective 10.3

[Jim Bertorelli]

It says: Identify techniques that access a declared JavaBean component.
How is it different that 10.1 which talks about getProperty and setProperty?
Any idea?

[Madhav Lakkapragada]

How is it different that 10.1
Hint:
How do you call a method (say printMe() )declared in a bean class, assuming you have access to it.
regds.
- satya

[Jim Bertorelli]

<jsp:useBean id="abc" .../>
<%
...
abc.methodX();
...
%>
Is this what you mean? But a bean is not supposed to be used this way.

[Manjunath Subramanian]

I think 10.3 refers to the various attributes of a <jsp:useBean> tag like id,class,type,beanName.
As the statement indicates ,it refers to
1)the need to know the different ways of creating and using a JavaBean component.
2)to understand constraints like we cannot use "class" and "beanName" attributes together in a <jsp:useBean> tag and so on..
Hope this helps,
Manjunath

[Madhav Lakkapragada]

Is this what you mean?
I was thinking yes.
But a bean is not supposed to be used this way.
Michell's notes says,

A declared java bean can also be accessed using:
scriptlets
Expressions
Custm Tags

And sure the code you posted is a scriptlet.
So yes. IMO, the issue is not whether you are supposed or not?
It is "Can you access the bean like this or can't you?"
My answer is "Yes, JSP allows such access."
Other thoughts please.....
Thanks.
- satya

[Axel Janssen]

I don't expect that exam is about good programming practice. So I will try to take every possibility into consideration. If its possible to access JavaBean method by scriptlet I will mark it, although its bad programming practice.