Eliminate conditions in JSP
 

I have a Servlet that checks for information and if there is an issue it forwards the message to presentation page (JSP). Now I want to stop using conditions in scriptlets in the JSP. Please advise how I can do it in this situation in my Tomcat 4.1.27 container. I dont have JSTL or EL due to restrictions in my environment.

Servlet that forwards to JSP:

String gotopage = "";

if(mydata == 1)

{

     gotopage = /"pager.jsp?mymessage=err";

}

else if(mydata == 34

{

   gotopage = /"pager.jsp?mymessage=duper";

}

else

{

    gotopage = /"pager.jsp?mymessage=proc";

}





RequestDispatcher dispatcher = 

  getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(gotopage);        

dispatcher.forward(request, response);

...

JSP

<%

String mymessage = request.getParameter("mymessage")



if(mymessage.equals("err"))

{

     out.println("Error on the page");

}

else if(mymessage.equals("dup"))

{

     out.println("Duplicate issue.");

}

else if(mymessage.equals("proc"))

{

     out.println("Process message issue");

}

%>

Please advise.

Re: Eliminate conditions in JSP
 

Better option is to upgrade your container or do it in Servlets