How to use Jsp action elements useBean, setProperty and getProperty to add, set and get property of a bean in a JSP page ?.

A simple Web-Application showing how to use action jsp action elements useBean, setProperty and getProperty to add, set and get property of a bean in a JSP page

Create a simple JavaBean by name User.java

package com.hubberspot.bean;


public class User {

 private String firstName;
 private String lastName;
 private String email;
 private String password;

 public User() {

 }

 public String getFirstName() {
  return firstName;
 }

 public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
  this.firstName = firstName;
 }

 public String getLastName() {
  return lastName;
 }

 public void setLastName(String lastName) {
  this.lastName = lastName;
 }

 public String getEmail() {
  return email;
 }

 public void setEmail(String email) {
  this.email = email;
 }

 public String getPassword() {
  return password;
 }

 public void setPassword(String password) {
  this.password = password;
 }

}

Create style.css file

 body {
  font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
  background-color: #FDF4DF;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #333333;
 }
 
 td {
  font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
 }
 
 .small {
  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: bold;
 }

Create user.jsp file

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<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
    pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>User Details !!!</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
    <form method="post" action="done.jsp">
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="small" align="left">Enter Your Details !!!</p>
        <table align="left" bgcolor="#728DCF">
            <tr>
                <td class="small">First Name</td>
                <td><input name="firstName" size=25 class="small"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="small">Last Name</td>
                <td><input name="lastName" size=25 class="small"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="small">Email</td>
                <td><input name="email" size=25 class="small"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="small">Password</td>
                <td><input name=password type="password" size=25 class="small"></td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                <td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit"
                    value="Update" /></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Create done.jsp file

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<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
    pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>User Confirm !!!</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
    <p class="small" align="left">Details You Entered !!!</p>

    <jsp:useBean id="user" scope="request" class="com.hubberspot.bean.User">
        <jsp:setProperty property="firstName" name="user" />
        <jsp:setProperty property="lastName" name="user" />
        <jsp:setProperty property="email" name="user" />
        <jsp:setProperty property="password" name="user" />
    </jsp:useBean>
    <table align="left" bgcolor="#728DCF">
        <tr>
            <td class="small">First Name -</td>
            <td><jsp:getProperty name="user" property="firstName" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="small">Last Name -</td>
            <td><jsp:getProperty name="user" property="lastName" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="small">Email -</td>
            <td><jsp:getProperty name="user" property="email" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="small">Password -</td>
            <td><jsp:getProperty name="user" property="password" /></td>
        </tr>
    </table>

</body>
</html>