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[RogerMoore]

I have found that if I put a java list directly in the model map, that it will never get iterated over when I use a <c:forEach, but if i make a bean for that list with getters and setters, it will work just fine. Is this expected behavior?

Example:
<spring:bind path="attendeeEntries.attendees">
<c:forEach items="${status.value}" var="x">
<b><c:out value="${x.lastName}"/></b><br>
</c:forEach>
</spring:bind> ---- that works, but below does not...

<spring:bind path="attendeeEntries">
<c:forEach items="${status.value}" var="x">
<b><c:out value="${x.lastName}"/></b><br>
</c:forEach>
</spring:bind>


In the first example, I am using a wrapper to the list, in the second example, the java.util.List is being put in the model directly. I am using Spring v1.1.3

[simtin]

Hi,

yes, I'm pretty sure that this is expected.

What you are actually intending is something like this:

<c&#58;forEach items="$&#123;attendeeEntries&#125;" var="x"> 
<b><c&#58;out value="$&#123;x.lastName&#125;"/></b><br> 
</c&#58;forEach>

As it seems you are not 'binding' to anything, I expect you simply want to put out the elements from the list, don't you?

Objects you want to <spring:bind> to certainly need to be beans.

Kind regards,
Simon