Java – JSP El: dynamically create attribute names

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I have a < C: foreach > loop in which I dynamically create bean accessors The skeleton is similar to:

<c:forEach var="type" items="${bean.positionTypes}">
    ${bean.table}  // append 'type' to the "table" property
</c:forEach>

My problem is: I want to change ${bean. Table} according to the type For example, if the type is {"janitor", "Chef}, I want to produce:

${bean.tableJanitor}
${bean.tableChef}

How can I do this?

Solution

You can use braces [] to access bean properties using dynamic keys

${bean[property]}

So, according to your example:

<c:forEach var="type" items="${bean.positionTypes}">
    <c:set var="property" value="table${type}" />
    ${bean[property]}
</c:forEach>