html:optionsCollection

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<html:optionsCollection />

The <html:optionsCollection /> tag (as a child of the <html:select /> tag) is used to generate a list of HTML <option> elements from a collection of JavaBeans. The <html:optionsCollection /> tag has no body and supports seven attributes, described in Table 16.18.

Table 16.18: <html:optionsCollections/> Tag Attributes

Attribute	Description
property	Indicates the property of the ActionForm bean or scripting variable named by the name attribute that will contain the collection of objects to be used for each <option> element. (required)
filter	If true, then all special HTML characters will be filtered from the element. (optional)
label	Indicates the data member name of the current object in the collection that represents the <option> label. (optional)
name	Indicates the name of the JavaBean representing the contents of this input field. If not included, then the ActionForm named by the <html:form /> tag is used. (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)
value	Indicates the data member name of the current object in the collection that represents the <option> value. (optional)

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

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