Please confirm soln: [Bug 22226] Tomcat throws JasperExceptioninstead of NumberFormatException when parameter can't convert to bean property

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Funk
The spec says for jsp:setProperty: A conversion failure leads to an error, whether at translation time or requesttime. From a compliance point of view, it looks like tomcat is OK that is throws a JasperException. But from a user (web developer) point of view, I would think this sucks. But am

Re: Please confirm soln: [Bug 22226] Tomcat throws JasperExceptioninstead of NumberFormatException when parameter can't convert to bean property

2003-08-09 Thread Kin-Man Chung
You are right in that this is not a spec conformant issue and is therefore not a bug. Except for some exceptions, most exceptions are caught and rethrown as JasperExceptions. Making exceptions would just, well, complicate things. :-) -Kin-man Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 09:00:30 -0400 From: Tim