getting object's attribute in view from request

Question

Is there a way to set an attribute on my DispathAction like this:

request.setAttribute("myObject", object);

And then on my jsp get the object's attributes?

<%=request.getAttribute("object.attr1") %>
<%=request.getAttribute("object.attr2") %>

My page is not a form.

Answer 1

Yes. Simply forget about scriptlets and learn to use the JSP EL and the JSTL:

<c:out value="${myObject.attr1}"/>
<c:out value="${myObject.attr2}"/>

Note that this assumes the object respects JavaBean conventions, and will call getAttr1() and getAttr2() on your object. The JSTL <c:out> tag escapes the HTML special characters (<, >, &, etc.).