struts character encoding problem in response html

Question

Hi

Please consider the following scenario. I have a form with a property:

class MyForm extends ActionForm{
    String myProperty;
    ... // getter & setters here
}

I set this property in action class:

class MyAction extends Action{
   ... // execute method begins here
   myForm.setMyProperty("<b>Hello World</b>");
   ... // execute method returns here
}

Now when I open the respective JSP page, I get following html at the point where the myProperty is supposed to be displayed:

<b>Hello World</b>

Which is wrong. It is supposed to generate following html:

<b>Hello World</b>

Any ideas how can this problem be solved?

EDIT

The JSP code is as following:

<bean:write name="MyForm" property="myProperty"/>

Answer 1

Use the escapeXml attribute to preserve HTML formatting:

//your view *.jsp
<c:out value="${myProperty}" escapeXml="false"/>

Answer 2

I got hint from baijiu's answer, and found the solution:

<bean:write name="MyForm" property="myProperty" filter="false"/>

Simply setting filter="false" displays sensitive characters as they are, without any encoding. Thanks baijiu.