JSP to EL conversion

[cin jang]

Hello,

I have this page thats filled with scriptlets that I'm trying to convert to EL. I have these scriptlets that I need to convert to EL:

<%@ page import="org.springframework.security.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter"%>
<%@ page import="org.springframework.security.ui.webapp.AuthenticationProcessingFilter"%>
<%@ page import="org.springframework.security.AuthenticationException"%>

<% if (session.getAttribute(AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY) != null) { %>
<font color="red">
Reason: <%= ((AuthenticationException) session.getAttribute(AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY)).getMessage() %>
</font>
<% } %>

Basically these are the import statements and following scriptlets

session.getAttribute(AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY)

and

((AuthenticationException) session.getAttribute(AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY)).getMessage()

Can anyone help please?

For the bottom one, I have
${sessionScope.AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY.message}

but it doesn't seem to work. I have no clue on how to deal with imports.


Thanks in advance
[ June 04, 2008: Message edited by: cin jang ]

[Bear Bibeault]

You can lose the imports completely. They are not necessary.

You seem to understand that scriptlet expressions are replaced by EL expressions.

The Java if statement can be replaced with the JSLT <c:if> tag.
[ June 04, 2008: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[cin jang]

Hey, thanks for the reply

I'm aware of the fact that I can use the core JSTL tags to do basic if-else and other things like iterations. I'm just not understanding how to convert

((AuthenticationException) session.getAttribute(AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY)).getMessage()

this statement into a corresponding EL expression
I have ${sessionScope.AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY.message}

but it doesn't seem to work.

if anyone could provide a hand, that'd be great

[Intars Zilickis]

In

I have ${sessionScope.AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY.message}

you are trying to access session attribute called AbstractProcessingFilter, but it is Spring Security class, which have constant SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION_KEY, which contains name of exception attribute.

You can get name of this attribute here:Spring Security API.

You must write: ${sessionScope.SPRING_SECURITY_LAST_EXCEPTION.message} for exception message.

[cin jang]

Sorry about the late reply, but thanks so much for helping me out. I really appreciate it

[Amadeus mozart]

how will i change
String abc = (String) session.getAttribute("child");
to EL tag..
is this correct?
${sessionScope.child}
Is this correct? how to assign that to a string abc in JSP ...?
Thanks in advance

[Amadeus mozart]

got the answer...

[Bear Bibeault]

"Amadeus mozart", please check your private messages for an important administrative matter.