Dynamic fields in JSP: what is the best way?

Question

I have an old old app that we are updating. It has a handful of dynamic fields that can be hidden/shown based on a value in a property file. Custom tags were used to build the pages reading from those to know what to show. What would be a better way to do this? The field values could be moved to a database table so they could be set without redeploying the application. Need something that can be used by both the client and server sides.

Answer 1

Storing the field values in the database sounds like a good idea. You could set these values in hidden input fields and use them in the client side javascirpt as well.