HELP PLEASE - Cannot convert JSTL char value to populate actionBean

I found the answer to my problem below is to create a convenience method of a boolean type such as isIssue() that determines true and false and then JSTL conversion knows what to do.

Hope that helps someone else. Thanks.



I have a CHAR type value in my JSP page that is getting populated in the JSP page just fine. When I try to pull the value for my actionBean value in my java code I'm getting a blank.

Any suggestions or direction or work around would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Here is my JSP code:

<td><label>U/M:</label></td>
<td><stripes:select size="1" name="stockReq.issueCode" id="issueCode" onchange="formChanged();" >
<stripesption value="I" selected="${stockReq.issueCode}">ISSUE</stripesption>
<stripesption value="B" selected="${stockReq.issueCode}">BASIC</stripesption>
</stripes:select></td>

Here is my java code:

char value = stockReq.getIssueCode();

As you can see from the JSP code above this value should be an 'I' or 'B' but I'm getting a blank not a null.