JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

Name

<x:choose>

Synopsis

The <x:choose> action controls the processing of nested <x:when> and <x:otherwise> actions. It allows only the first <x:when> action with a test expression that evaluates to true to be processed, or gives the go-ahead to the single <x:otherwise> action if none do.

Syntax

<x:choose>
  <x:when> actions and optionally one <x:otherwise> action
</x:choose>

Attributes

None.

Example

                     <x:choose>
                     <x:when select="category[. = 'General']">
    <td bgcolor="lightgreen">
  </x:when>
                     <x:otherwise>
    <td>
  </x:otherwise>
                     </x:choose>