JSTL message: Don't know how to iterate over supplied "items" with forEach
el, java, jsp, jstl, spring-mvc
Solution
The problem seems to be that there is another attribute in Session or ServletContext (application) with the same name. From `JspContext#findAttribute` (which is the method executed when using `${something}`):
Searches for the named attribute in page, request, session (if valid), and application scope(s) in order and returns the value associated or null.
It doesn't explain the specific order about how the attribute is searched, so it could be vendor specific.
In order to avoid problems, just change the name of your attribute.
Problem
I am passing a List to `<c:forEach>`, yet I get the error stating that it doesn't know how to iterate over it. ``` @RequestMapping("/viewall") public String viewAll(Model model) { // productService.findAllProducts() returns List<Product> model.addAttribute("everything", productService.findAllProducts()); // Also tried using iterator, but I get same error //model.addAtrribute("everything", productService.findAllProducts().iterator()); .... } ``` The jsp page: ``` <c:forEach items="${everything}" var="prod"> <p> ${prod.name} </p> </c:forEach> ``` The error: ``` javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException: Don't know how to iterate over supplied "items" in <forEach> org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:912) org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:841) org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.allprod_jsp._jspService(allprod_jsp.java:158) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:262) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1180) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:950) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:118) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:84) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:113) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:103) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:113) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:54) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:45) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:183) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:105) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:192) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:160) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259) root cause javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException: Don't know how to iterate over supplied "items" in <forEach> org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.core.ForEachSupport.toForEachIterator(ForEachSupport.java:255) org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.core.ForEachSupport.supportedTypeForEachIterator(ForEachSupport.java:219) org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.core.ForEachSupport.prepare(ForEachSupport.java:137) javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core.LoopTagSupport.doStartTag(LoopTagSupport.java:227) org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.allprod_jsp._jspx_meth_c_005fforEach_005f0(allprod_jsp.java:180) org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.allprod_jsp._jspService(allprod_jsp.java:137) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:262) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1180) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:950) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:118) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:84) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:113) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:103) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:113) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:54) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:45) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:183) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:105) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:192) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:160) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259) ```