RE: JSPs and Property Files

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: JSPs and Property Files
> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, September 02, 2005 10:08 am
> To: "'Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400'"
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> 
> > From: michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > Here's the section of the jsp...
> > 
> > <td id="WC_AdvancedCatalogSearchForm_TableCell_14">&nbsp;&nbsp;
> >             <select name="keyword_searchTerm">
> >             <option value="" selected>any keyword</option>
> >             <%
> >             for (int k = 1; k <=
> > Integer.parseInt(keywordText.getString("KEYWORD_NUM") ); ++k )
> >             { %>
> >                         <option
> > value="<%=keywordText.getString("KEYWORD_" + k
> > )%>"><%=keywordText.getString("KEYWORD_" + k )%></option>
> >             <%
> >             }
> >             %>
> >             </select>
> > </td>
> 
> Actually, assuming that keywordText is a properties file, this
> particular code simply dumps the values.  It doesn't show where
> keywordText is loaded.  In a JSP Model II approach, you would see
> "keywordText" as the ID attribute of a useBean tag somewhere.
> 
> Also, just a thought, but I'd highly consider wrapping that particular
> code in a class and calling it.  Building a SELECT is something you do
> over and over, and the interleaved HTML/Java code is just too prone to
> mistakes and errors.  For example, what if there is no entry for
> KEYWORD_NUM, or it contains invalid data? 
> 
> Joe
> 
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