Doubt in JSTL "c:forEach"

[vijayakumar vivekanandan]

Is the items attribute in <c:forEach> tag refer only to request scoped variables?

[Rodrigo W Bonatto]

Hi,

Using EL in items attribute of <c:forEach> tag, you can refer variables in the four scopes (page, request, session and application).

Cheers,

Rodrigo

[vijayakumar vivekanandan]

Hi rodrigue,
But if the same attribute is available in the same name in more than one scope what will the "items" in the c:forEach refer???

[Dale Seng]

Originally posted by vijayakumar vivekanandan:
But if the same attribute is available in the same name in more than one scope what will the "items" in the c:forEach refer???

Your question is about EL, not JSTL. If ${anAttribute} appears in a JSTL or anywhere it will look at page, request, session and application scopes, in that order. If you're worried about it, just use one of the implicit objects (ie ${requestScope.anAttribute}).

--Dale--