html:options

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<html:options />

The <html:options /> tag (as a child of the <html:select /> tag) is used to generate a list of HTML <option> elements. The <html:options /> tag has no body and supports eight attributes, described in Table 16.17.

Table 16.17: <html:options /> Tag Attributes

Attribute	Description
collection	Specifies a JSP scripting variable that references a collection of beans, with each bean containing the properties property and labelProperty, which are used as the tag attribute value's property and labelProperty, respectively. (required)
filter	If set to true (the default), causes the tag to replace all HTML-sensitive characters with their encoded equivalents. (optional)
labelName	Specifies a scripting variable that references a collection of labels to be displayed to the user for the options in this option list. The object referenced by the label-Name attribute can point to the collection directly or to an object that contains a data member referencing the collection. (optional)
labelProperty	Specifies the property of the object identified by the labelName attribute that references the collection of option labels. (optional)
name	Identifies a scripting variable referencing a Collection object that contains a collection of option values. (optional)
property	Used to identify a data member of the bean named by the name attribute that contains a collection of option values. (optional)
style	Specifies a Cascading Style Sheet style to apply to this HTML element. (optional)
styleClass	Specifies a Cascading Style Sheet class to apply to this HTML element. (optional)

The <html:options /> tag must be nested inside an <html:select /> tag. The <html:options /> tag can also be used n-number of times within an <html:select /> element.

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