getting size of a collection object in struts

[akshaj nampelly]

Hi

I have a search criteria in my application, I need to display the size of the search results on resutls jsp, I have done it by declaring attribute like searchresultssize in searchForm, But I feel it is redundant,

Is there any otherway of doing it?

Tx
Akshaj

[Merrill Higginson]

There's no struts tag that I'm aware of that will give you the size of a collection, but you can do it easily with a scriptlet:

<%=myCollection.size()%>

[Marc Peabody]

You can have a getter in your ActionForm without a variable behind it. You don't need the redundancy of creating the variable.

A getter method in the ActionForm could simply return yourCollection.size();

Merrill's scriptlet is also a good solution.