bean:resource

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<bean:resource />

The <bean:resource /> tag is used to retrieve the value of Web application resource identified by the name attribute; the tag makes the resource available as either a java.io.InputStream or a java.lang.String object, based on the value of the input attribute. The <bean:resource /> tag has no body and supports three attributes, described in Table 20.8.

Table 20.8: <bean:resource /> Tag Attributes

Attribute	Description
id	Identifies the name of the page scoped scripting variable that will contain the retrieved value of the named Web application resource. (Required)
name	Identifies the application-relative name of the Web application resource being retrieved. The resource name must begin with a / character. (Required)
input	If not null, causes the retrieved resource to be returned as an InputStream as opposed to a String. (Optional)

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