Accessing non-bean base class from JSP
I have an abstract base class that I use in several derived classes. I want to create one of these in a servlet, save the bits in the HttpSession and access the data from a JSP page using HttpServletRequest.getParameter(). Is it possible to make the derived class (defined in my WEB-INF/classes directory) visible to both a servlet and a JSP page without using a bean?
At this point I can use the derived class in a servlet and put the data in the session from there. No problem. I just can't figure out how to get it back out. I don't see how to get the .JSP file to recognize the class definition.
Normally I would just use a bean but I won't know in advance what type of derived class to expect in the JSP page. Hence the use of the abstract class def.
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