 | Please make sure you have read the Tag Syntax document and understand how tag attribute syntax works. |
Description
The set tag assigns a value to a variable in a specified scope. It is useful when you wish to assign a variable to a complex expression and then simply reference that variable each time rather than the complex expression. This is useful in both cases: when the complex expression takes time (performance improvement) or is hard to read (code readability improvement).
If the tag is used with body content, the evaluation of the value parameter is omitted. Instead, the String to which the body eveluates is set as value for the scoped variable.
The scopes available are as follows :-
- application - the value will be set in application scope according to servlet spec. using the name as its key
- session - the value will be set in session scope according to servlet spec. using the name as key
- request - the value will be set in request scope according to servlet spec. using the name as key
- page - the value will be set in page scope according to servlet sepc. using the name as key
- action - the value will be set in the request scope and Struts' action context using the name as key
NOTE:
If no scope is specified, it will default to action scope.
Parameters
Dynamic Attributes Allowed:false |
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Name |
Required |
Default |
Evaluated |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | false | false | String | Deprecated. Use 'var' instead | |
| name | false | false | String | Deprecated. Use 'var' instead | |
| scope | false | action | false | String | The scope in which to assign the variable. Can be application, session, request, page, or action. |
| value | false | false | String | The value that is assigned to the variable named name | |
| var | false | false | String | Name used to reference the value pushed into the Value Stack | |
Examples
<s:set name="personName" value="person.name"/> Hello, <s:property value="#personName"/>. How are you?