How to use JSTL c:forEach var attribute in a JSP scriplet

Question

I have the following jstl combine with jsp scriplet:

I can used

it doesn't give me an error about variable inventory not defined.

But when I used inside the loop for the scriplet:

It gives me an error "inventory" cannot be resolved.

Any help or hint would be greatly appreciated it!!

Jasper de Vries · Answer 1 · 2020-05-06T10:38:37.050

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The var attribute variable is created in the page scope. To access that with a scriptlet, assuming the type of your variable is Inventory, use:

Inventory inventory = (Inventory) pageContext.getAttribute("inventory");

See also:

But, it's better to not use scriptlets and use EL instead. See:

edited May 06 '20 at 10:38

answered May 06 '20 at 09:30

Jasper de Vries

Thank you for the help!!! Greatly appreciated. How do I import this class into the jsp file "com.models.Inventory" – user1272936 May 06 '20 at 10:12
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/239147/how-do-you-import-classes-in-jsp – Jasper de Vries May 06 '20 at 10:38

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