c:set var

swarna dasa

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posted 10 years ago

Reference HFSJ Pg 445

"If the value of the object is null, the attribute is removed. (If scope is not specified it will start looking at page, request, and so on)"

Now if it does find an attribute at page level, i thought only the page level attribute is removed.

It came as a surprise to me that the attribute at all levels is removed.

Output
Print set values
>com.example.bean.MyBean@8fbecf<
>request<
>session<
>application<
Print new values
><
><
><
><

Is this a bug or it is supposed to work this way?
Using Tomcat 5.5.23

Christophe Verré

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posted 10 years ago

If attribute scope is specified, the scoped variable is removed according to
the semantics of PageContext.removeAttribute(varName, scope).
Otherwise, the scoped variable is removed according to the semantics of
PageContext.removeAttribute(varName).

And if you look at PageContext.removeAttribute(varName) : Remove the object reference associated with the given name from all scopes. Does nothing if there is no such object.

So if you don't specify the scope, and the value is null, then the variable will be removed from all scopes.

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swarna dasa

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posted 10 years ago

Thanks!!! Should have looked at the API docs

Thanks though!!!

swarna dasa

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posted 10 years ago

An Add-on

In the above jsp if we have a c:set without value, then only the pagescope is affected

Output is

><
>request<
>session<
>application<

if value is not provided then is the value considered to be an empty string as against null?

It is sorta covered in the JavaRanch Style Guide.

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