Using Beans in JSP Pages
Using Beans in JSP Pages
• A Java Bean is a specially constructed Java class written in the
Java.
• Java Beans are java classes that have properties, which can be
read via a get method or changed via a set method.
• A Java Bean should not have any public variables. All the
variables should be accessed using the get/set methods.
JavaBeans Properties
• A JavaBean property is a named attribute that can be
accessed by the object. The attribute can be of any Java data
type, including the classes that you define.
• JavaBean properties are accessed through two methods in
the JavaBean's implementation class.
Using Beans in JSP Pages
getPropertyName()
• For example, if property name is firstName, your method
name would be getFirstName() to read that property.
setPropertyName()
• For example, if property name is firstName, your method
name would be setFirstName() to write that property.
Accessing JavaBeans
• Following JSP action elements are required to use Java
bean in a JSP file.
– <jsp:useBean>
– <jsp:getProperty>
– <jsp:setProperty>
Load Java bean inside a JSP :
• We need to use <jsp:useBean> tag to load a bean into JSP.
• The basic syntax is given below:
<jsp:useBean id=“objname" class=“ClassName" />
Getting the Properties of the Bean :
• After the bean gets loaded into the page, the properties can
be accessed by using the <jsp:getProperty> action element.
• The basic syntax is given below:
<jsp:getProperty name=“objname“ property=“propertyname"/>
Setting the Properties of the Bean :
• To modify (or) assign value to any variable of the bean object
the <jsp:setProperty> action element is used .
• The basic syntax is as below
<jsp:setProperty name=“objname" property="name"
value=“anyvalue"/>
Example: “[Link]”
Step 1: Create Java Bean
package college;
public class Employee {
private String name = "Madhu";
private String department = "CSE";
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
[Link] = name;
}
public String getDepartment() {
return department;
}
public void setDepartment(String department) {
[Link] = department;
}
}
Example: “[Link]”
Step 2: Create JSP
<html>
<head> <title> Java Bean Demo</title></head>
<body>
<jsp:useBean id="employee" class="[Link]" />
<h2>Old Employee details </h2>
Name: <jsp:getProperty name="employee" property="name" /><br/>
Department :<jsp:getProperty name="employee" property="department" />
<jsp:setProperty name="employee" property="name" value="Durga" />
<jsp:setProperty name="employee" property="department" value="CSE" />
<h2> New Employee details </h2>
Name:<jsp:getProperty name="employee" property="name" /><br/>
Department :<jsp:getProperty name="employee" property="department" />
</body>
</html>
Step 3: Create Folder Structure
webapps
WEB-INF
classes
Class Files
JSP Files [Link] file
lib
Static Resources(HTML,css,images..)
Execution Procedure:
[Link] need to compile [Link] file.
[Link] successful compilation we get package along with class
file.
college
Employee. class
[Link] need to copy Employee. class along with college package
into classes folder which was in WEB-INF folder.
[Link] copying, We need to execute JSP file([Link])
using Tomcat server.
i.e., open any browser give following as URL
localhost:8080/foldername/[Link]
Output:
Example: “[Link]”
• Create Java Bean
package mycalc;
public class Calculator{
public int cube(int n)
{
return n*n*n;
}
}
• Create JSP file “[Link]”
<jsp:useBean id="obj" class="[Link]"/>
<%
int m=[Link](5);
[Link]("cube of 5 is "+m);
%>
