How to generate a dynamic URL using in Oracle Commerce(ATG)

Question

I\'m trying to display list of products in a jsp using ProductLookup droplet as shown below. I\'m also trying to give a hyperlink to navigate to product details page of the indi

Answer 1

To pass parameters to another page you simply use the tag as per the code fragment below (nested within your ProductLookup droplet):

This is the old-school ATG approach:

 
     Product Name: 

     Product description: 
     <%-- this will pass the itemId parameter and value--%>
     
 

The preferred approach is to use jstl EL variables which makes your jsp's cleaner and easier to read, as well as allowing more flexibility when referring to the values:

<%-- name the "element" and convert to a map  --%>


     Product Name: ${ product.displayName }

     Product description: ${ product.description }
     

I have used recursive="false" in the above example because you are only referencing to direct properties of a product. If you wanted to refer to properties of properties then you could do something like this (the code below is not tested but should give you the general idea):

UPDATE:

As I continue to be amazed how few people understand how to do even the most basic thing such as passing parameter, I have included other DSP tags which can be used in conjunction with the

You can pass parameters for included JSP fragments which use the