JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

Name

<x:forEach>

Synopsis

The <x:forEach> action evaluates its body once for each node in an XPath expression evaluation result and sets the context node used by XPath expressions in nested actions to the current node. The current node can also be exposed to action elements in the body through a nested variable.

Syntax

<x:forEach select="XPathExpression" [var="var"] [varStatus="varStatus"]
  [begin="startIndex"] [end="stopIndex"] [step="increment"]>
  JSP elements
</x:forEach>

Attributes

Attribute name	Java type	Dynamic value accepted	Description
begin	int	Yes	The first index, 0-based.
end	int	Yes	The last index, 0-based. If end is less than begin, the body is not evaluated at all.
select	String	No	The XPath expression.
step	int	Yes	Optional. Index increment per iteration.
var	String	No	The name of the nested variable holding the current element.
varStatus	String	No	The name of the variable to hold a LoopTagStatus object.

Example

                     <x:forEach select="$doc//story">
  <x:out select="title/text(  )" />
</x:forEach>