how to dynamically generate unique form elements

[gino jersey]

I'm being asked to update a JSP that displays records in table format, where one column is to be a drop down list form element.


Here's the situation:
There are 6 Types.
There can be 0, 1 or more Conflicts per Type.

Goal: to display a list of records under each type.

For example: if there are 3 records for Type 1, and 2 records for Type 2, the display should be:

TypeRelationStatus
1Brother A
1SisterA
1MotherT
2FatherT
2Brother I

The form element here is the Status field. It is a selection list; one can select from values to change the status.

How can I assign unique form element names to that field.
I first tried 2 for loops:
1 loop for the 6 types
The 2nd inner loop for the number of records per type.
I called the form element name status1, status2, etc�
The problem was when it was time for the Type 2 (2nd iteration in outer loop), the form element name started again at status1, status2, etc�

 
<%
for(int typeCntr=1;typeCntr<=6;typeCntr++){
      HashMap typeMap = (HashMap)quesAns.get(new Integer(typeCntr-1));  
 
      Vector vQ = (Vector) typeMap.get(new Integer(0));  
      noOfconflicts = vQ.size();
 
// vQ.size() = # of conflicts per type
 for (int z=0; z < noOfconflicts; z++)  {
 
  AnswerDTO ansDTO1 = (AnswerDTO) vQ.get(z);
  relation  = ansDTO1.relation;
  strStat = ansDTO1.assessmentStatus;
 
%>
 
<tr>
        <td  class="label" valign="top"><%= typeCntr %></td>
        <td  class="label" valign="top"><%= relation %></td>
        <td  align="center" class="label" valign="top">
        <select name="<%= status + new Integer(z).toString() %>" >
              <option value=""></option>
  <option value="N" <%= "N".equals(strStat)?"selected":""%>>No Apparent COI</option>
 <option value="P" <%= "P".equals(strStat)?"selected":""%>>Potential COI being managed</option>
 <option value="F" <%= "F".equals(strStat)?"selected":""%>>OOE Following up</option>
                </select>
 
</td>
</tr>
<%
}
 
}
%>

Can anyone help?

[Jeyakumar Balasubramanian]

This is simple. You can get the unique status names by making the changes as given in bold.

<%
[B]int noOfStatus = 0;[/B]
for(int typeCntr=1;typeCntr<=6;typeCntr++){
      HashMap typeMap = (HashMap)quesAns.get(new Integer(typeCntr-1));
      Vector vQ = (Vector) typeMap.get(new Integer(0));
      noOfconflicts = vQ.size();
      // vQ.size() = # of conflicts per type
      for (int z=[B]noOfStatus[/B]; z < noOfconflicts; z++)  {
   AnswerDTO ansDTO1 = (AnswerDTO) vQ.get(z);
  relation  = ansDTO1.relation;
  strStat = ansDTO1.assessmentStatus;
 %>
 <tr>
        <td  class="label" valign="top"><%= typeCntr %></td>
        <td  class="label" valign="top"><%= relation %></td>
        <td  align="center" class="label" valign="top">
          <select name="<%= status + new Integer(z).toString() %">
             <option value=""></option>
             <option value="N" <%= "N".equals(strStat)?"selected":""%>>No Apparent COI</option>
     <option value="P" <%= "P".equals(strStat)?"selected":""%>> Potential COI being managed</option>
             <option value="F" <%= "F".equals(strStat)?"selected":""%>>OOE Following up</option>
          </select>
 </td>
</tr>
<%
}
        [B]noOfStatus += noOfconflicts;[/B]
 }
%>