cookies in JSTL

Hi,

In my index.jsp, there are 3 fields - email text, password text & 'remember me' checkbox. When the user has entered email & password and selected 'remember me' checkbox, I need to authenticate the email/password combination & put the email in browser's cookie.

I am able to authenticate as well as set up the cookie, but the problem is really on displaying the cookie value. Here is the code -

LoginAction.java

Cookie emailCookieObj = new Cookie("emailCookie", form.getAccountEmail());

emailCookieObj.setMaxAge(60*60*24);//store the cookie for a 24 hr period

httpServletResponse.addCookie(emailCookieObj);

index.jsp

<c:if test="${empty cookie.emailCookie}">

<html:text name="logonForm" property="accountEmail" value="" styleId="email" styleClass="txt"/>

</c:if>

<c:if test="${!empty cookie.emailCookie}">

<bean:cookie id="emailCookie" name="emailCookie"/>

<html:text name="logonForm" property="accountEmail" value='<%=emailCookie.getValue()%>' styleId="email" styleClass="txt"/>

</c:if>

Surprisingly, both <c:if... > statements work when the cookie is set; and both fail when cookie is removed from the browser. One would think that one of them should work when cookie is available (or removed).

It would be great if anyone can point out where my mistake is!

Thanks in Adv...

[1463 byte] By [MrReddya] at [2007-11-27 8:28:45]