<c:out value="${variable}"/> form formBackingObject returns nothing

[slnm]

Just a quick question.

I have a formBackinObject that populates a variable ie pCount

In my JSP I have a <form:hidden path="pCount"> that gets properly populated and generates proper HTML

<input id="pCount" name="pCount" type="hidden" value="2"/>

which is exactly what I set it to in the formBackingObject.

However, later in the JSP I try to retrieve pCount value with

<c:out value="${pCount}"/>

but that returns an empty string.

How do I get the number in pCount?

[Marten Deinum]

Include your command bean in the value. The form tags add that for you.

[slnm]

Include your command bean in the value. The form tags add that for you.

Yeah, after spending about 2,5 hours staring at the code, I realized I have to actually call the command I'm retrieving the value from.

The correct way was to write

<c:out value="${command.pCount}"/>