wizard: conditional logic issue

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robertmarkbram

Hi All,

I am trying to put some conditional logic into the jsp of a single wizard step:

<c:choose>
&nbsp; <c:when test="#{WizardManager.bean.admin eq 'true}">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>admin things.. </p>
&nbsp; </c:when>
&nbsp; <c:otherwise>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>ordinary user things.. </p>
&nbsp;&nbsp; </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
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But it seems my c:x tags are being ignored.. same results whether I use:

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>‍

or

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>‍

Is this a life-cycle thing? I have tried adding jstl-impl-1.2.jar and jstl-api-1.2.jar to Alfresco-Community-3.3\tomcat\lib .. no difference.

Otherwise, is there another way I can modify the wizard to maybe trigger a different jsp if the user is a member of a particular group?

Thanks for any advice!

Rob

robertmarkbram

I still don't know why the c:if, c:choose, c:when, ctherwise tags don't work.. but I do know now how to express logic as part of the wizard definition. Make sure your bean encapsulates all data needed to make the decision and then give it a bean style get method that returns result values as true/false. Then something like this will work:

<step name="assignment" title-id="review_estimate_assignment" description-id="review_estimate_step1_desc">
&nbsp;&nbsp; <condition if="#{ReviewEstimateWizard.admin == true}">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <page path="/jsp/extension/wizards/review-estimate-wizard/assignmentAdmin.jsp"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; title-id="review_estimate_step1_title"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description-id="review_estimate_step1_desc"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; instruction-id="default_instruction" />
&nbsp;&nbsp; </condition>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <condition if="#{ReviewEstimateWizard.hasNoNextStatus == true}">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <page path="/jsp/extension/wizards/review-estimate-wizard/assignmentAtEnd.jsp"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; title-id="review_estimate_step1_title"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description-id="review_estimate_step1_desc"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; instruction-id="default_instruction" />
&nbsp;&nbsp; </condition>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <condition if="#{ReviewEstimateWizard.hasNoPreviousStatus == true}">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <page path="/jsp/extension/wizards/review-estimate-wizard/assignmentAtStart.jsp"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; title-id="review_estimate_step1_title"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description-id="review_estimate_step1_desc"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; instruction-id="default_instruction" />
&nbsp;&nbsp; </condition>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <page path="/jsp/extension/wizards/review-estimate-wizard/assignment.jsp"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; title-id="review_estimate_step1_title"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; description-id="review_estimate_step1_desc"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; instruction-id="default_instruction" />
</step>

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This is like an if, else-if, else-if, else series of clauses - the one <PAGE> element at the end not encapsulated by a <CONDITION> element is the else.

There better be a way to use  c:if, c:choose, c:when, ctherwise tags within the jsp fragments though - I think I got lucky that I happen to be working with a wizard when I needed some choices. What about other xml JSP definitions that don't allow choice?

Anyone know if  c:if, c:choose, c:when, ctherwise tags can be used or have I just badly configured my environment?

Rob