jstl model access

[ysbelman]

How do i access my model object from JSTL? Or preferably w/o using JSTL. I was able to access it when the object was a collection:

<c:forEach items="${myColl}" var="item">
<jsp:useBean id="item"  type="com.test.Item" />
<% sb.append("<item>").append(item).appnd("</item>"); %>

In case you are wondering, my view is serializing the object into XML in this jsp

When i tried to place a non collection object into ModelAndView, I was not able to access it from jsp:

public ModelAndView login(HttpServletRequest request, 
    						   HttpServletResponse response,
    						   UserLoginCommand cmd
    						   ) throws Exception{
...
    user = dao.retrieve(userId);
    return new ModelAndView("user2", "user", user);

i tried <c:set var="user" value="${user}" />, tried to pry it from session.getAttribute("user"), and from request.getParameter("user'), but none gave me anything.

Please help

[Marten Deinum]

And have you tried request.getAttribute or simply ${user}?

All the elements in your Model are put into the request attributes with the name given to them.

[ysbelman]

mdeinum, you are correct. I boogered my jsp declarations, and ommited:

<%@ page session="false"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" %>

once i added them back up, i can now reference my beans and actually forgo jstl all together. mdeinum's tip to use request.getAttribute("user") works and is all I need.