7.7.3  Connecting JSP tags to Java components 

These methods are called from an application JSP page at run time. 

getText(String propertyName) 

This method returns a String value of the property. When creating HTML forms with e FixIT Application 

Wizard, this method is used to add the actual application data into the forms. 

getEditedState() 

This method returns a text String 

DISABLED

 if a property should be rendered as a disabled HTML 

element. 

isSelected(String propertyName) 

Returns 

CHECKED= TRUE 

 if the property is marked as selected. The property must be represented by a 

CheckboxHolder component. 

isSelected(String propertyName, String radioGroupOption) 

Returns 

CHECKED= TRUE 

 if the property is marked as selected with the specified option. The property 

must be represented by a RadioGroupHolder component. 

getProperty(String propertyName) 

getProperty(String mappedName, String propertyName) 

getProperty(String fileNumber, String fieldNumber, String propertyName)

These methods are used to link JSP tags to real database values hold by the server applications.  They 

return a HTML representation of the property. 

PropertyName

 describes a programmatical name for the 

property as used in Java code and HTML element. 

MappedName

 can be used to identify the property 

with a logical name: MappedName is used as a parameter for 

getMappedProperty(String 

propertyName)

 method. 

Another way to connect Java components to JSP tags is to create tags like: 

  <%= myApplication.getCustomString() %> 

and then in the server application object code: 

  public String getCustomString() { 

   return myCustomComponent.getValue(); 

  } 

7.7.4  Redirecting to another JSP page 

setForward(String forwardPage) 

This method can be used to force the application JSP page (or query page) to forward to a different page.

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