Can EL take variables?

[bi...@thirty3.net]

I'm hoping there is a way to do this but I haven't
figured it out yet...

I have a DynaActionForm but the form name is a variable
since the user could be coming from two different
sections and I'm trying to utilize one page to handle
either request...

So I have a <c:set> tag that defines the formName like
so...

<c:set var="formName" value="${formName}"/>

but when I try to use this in my conditional
statements, EL is treating formName as a string and not
a form....

<c:if test="${formName.map.xxxx}">
<%-- Whatever --%>
</c:if>

I'm getting a compilation error. 'formName' should be
translated to the actual form bean name such as
'kmoCreateComplexForm' or 'kmoCreateSimpleForm'
depending on where the user is coming from.

Is there a way to do this? What am I doing wrong?

- Billy -

Re: Can EL take variables?

[Serge Knystautas <se...@lokitech.com>]

billy.bacon@thirty3.net wrote:
> I'm hoping there is a way to do this but I haven't
> figured it out yet...
> 
> I have a DynaActionForm but the form name is a variable
> since the user could be coming from two different
> sections and I'm trying to utilize one page to handle
> either request...
> 
> So I have a <c:set> tag that defines the formName like
> so...
> 
> <c:set var="formName" value="${formName}"/>

Can you expand on this?  The example provided does exactly nothing... 
you assign the variable formName what's in variable formName.  In Java, 
you just wrote...

formName = formName;

> but when I try to use this in my conditional
> statements, EL is treating formName as a string and not
> a form....

This predicates on how you setup formName.

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