Re: Accessing Beans from TagLibs

[Purav]

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HI,   why do you have to write JspCalendar clock = (JspCalendar)   pageContext.getAttribute("clock", PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE); in your tag handler to access the bean. cant i just write JspCalendar clock =new JspCalendar()   Also, the bean may not be used in the JSP Page.. so pageContext.getAttribute will not work   The next statement clock = (JspCalendar) java.beans.Beans.instantiate(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), "dates.JspCalendar"); Again, cant i just write JspCalendar clock =new JspCalendar()   Please Help   Regards Purav     -----Original Message----- From: Yuri Grument [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Accessing Beans from TagLibs Hi, Puray   Tomcat includes all classes located in web-inf/classes and all jars located in web-inf/lib into CLASSPATH available to your tag handler. So, you ccan just add   import somepackage.SomeBean;   into your tag handler.   For examle, in JSP you declare bean as   <jsp:useBean id='clock' scope='page' class='dates.JspCalendar' type="dates.JspCalendar" />   In tag handler the code will be next:   import dates.JspCalendar;       JspCalendar clock = (JspCalendar)   pageContext.getAttribute("clock", PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);  if ( clock == null ) {   try {       clock = (JspCalendar) java.beans.Beans.instantiate(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), "dates.JspCalendar");   } catch (ClassNotFoundException exc) {           throw new InstantiationException(exc.getMessage());   } catch (Exception exc) {            throw new ServletException (" Cannot create bean of class "+"dates.JspCalendar", exc);   }   pageContext.setAttribute("clock", clock, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE); }  Regards,   Yuri ----- Original Message ----- From: Purav To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 9:12 AM Subject: Accessing Beans from TagLibs Hello,   I am using Tomcat 4. I want to instantiate my Beans in my taglibs. The Beans are located in web-inf/classes directory and taglibs are located in web-inf/lib directory In JSP page I can use the jsp:useBean tag, but in my Taglib , how do I instantiate the bean. They are in a different directory� Please Help     Purav