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The code which i displays teh shipping information
 
<div id="stateDiv" >					
	
							<wcbase:useBean id="orderShippingModeList" classname="com.allenedmonds.commerce.order.beans.OrderShippingModeListDataBean">
								<c:set target="${orderShippingModeList}" property="order" value="${orderBean}"/>
								<c:set target="${orderShippingModeList}" property="calculateShippingCharge" value="true"/>
								<c:set target="${orderShippingModeList}" property="calculateShippingAdjustment" value="true"/>
								<c:set target="${orderShippingModeList}" property="resolveFulfillmentCenter" value="false"/>
							</wcbase:useBean>
							 
							<c:forEach var="shippingMode" items="${orderShippingModeList.shippingModes}" varStatus="status">
						
								<tr> 
									 	
									<td valign="top" id="WC_OrderAddressUpdateForm_TableCell_<c:out value="${status.index}"/>" align="center">
										<%--! shipModeId = <c:out value="${shipModeId}"/> --%>
										<%--! shippingMode.shippingModeId = <c:out value="${shippingMode.shippingModeId}"/> --%>
										<c:choose>
											<c:when test="${(shippingMode.shippingModeId == shipModeId) || (empty shipModeId && status.index == 0)}">
												<c:set var="selected" value="checked='checked'"/>
											</c:when>
											<c:otherwise>
												<c:set var="selected" value=""/>
											</c:otherwise>
										</c:choose>
										<input type="radio" name="shipModeId" value="<c:out value="${shippingMode.shippingModeId}"/>" <c:out value="${selected}" escapeXml="false"/> id="WC_OrderAddressUpdateForm_FormInput_shipModeId_In_ShipMethodPage_<c:out value="${status.index}"/>"/>
									</td>
									<td valign="top" id="WC_OrderAddressUpdateForm_TableCell_<c:out value="${status.index}"/>" align="left">
										<span class="strongtext"><b><label for="WC_OrderAddressUpdateForm_FormInput_shipModeId_In_ShipMethodPage_<c:out value="${status.index}"/>"><c:out value="${shippingMode.description.description}"/></label></b></span>
					 				</td>
<%--
									<td valign="top" id="WC_OrderAddressUpdateForm_TableCell_<c:out value="${status.index}"/>" align="left">
										<span class="text"><c:out value="${shippingMode.description.field2}"/></span><br/>
									</td>
--%>									
									<td valign="top" id="WC_OrderAddressUpdateForm_TableCell_<c:out value="${status.index}"/>" align="center">
										<span class="text"><c:out value="${orderShippingModeList.shippingCharges[status.index]}"/></span>
									</td>
								
								</tr>
									
							</c:forEach>
						</div>