A coworker claims this is a bug in reflection when used to introspect any class called "Component" - it always thinks it's java.awt.Component. YMMV.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chen, Gin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:38 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: is Component a reserved word? > > > Will it is in his classpath indirectly it is not in his jsp > unless he did a > import of it. > So it looks like this is another issue. > Unless there is a component besides java.awt.Component that I > don't know of. > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Kriger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:33 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: is Component a reserved word? > > > java.awt.Component is also in your classpath > maybe c:out is trying to cast your object as that instead of > x.y.z.Component? > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Thorhauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 15:18 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: is Component a reserved word? > > > Hi, > > I am not sure if this is a struts, taglib, or jstl issue but I will > start here. I am using Struts/JSP's and am running into an > error when I > try and reference my own object called Component.class with <c:out> > tag. I first load my test objects into the session in the > jsp page like > this: > > <% > x.y.z.Component component = new x.y.z.Component(); > > x.y.z.Xomponent xomponent = new x.y.z.Xomponent(); > > session.setAttribute("comp2",component); > session.setAttribute("xomp2",xomponent); > > %> > > Next I try and view the value of the name like this: > > <c:out value="${comp2.name}"/> > > Here is the error I am getting: > > org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An error occurred while evaluating > custom action attribute "value" with value "${comp2.name}": An error > occurred while getting property "name" from an instance of class > x.y.z.Component (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an > instance of declaring class) > > I have played around with this a bit and set up a small test > environment. Here is my application list: > > Tomcat 4.1.18 > Struts 1.1 rc1 > Java 1.3.1_06-b01 > > I have found that I can use the Runtime JSTL core tag like this and it > works fine: > > <crt:out > value="<%=((Component)session.getAttribute("comp2")).getName()%>"/> > > I can also use the <jsp:useBean> tag like this and it works fine: > <jsp:getProperty name="comp1" property="name"/> > > I have also found that if I take the exact same class and > simply rename > it to Xomponent instead of Component and keep it in the same x.y.z > package, it works. So I can then do: > <c:out value="${xomp2.name}"/> > > Any ideas on this? I have my very small test beans and jsp page if > someone needs them. > > Thanks, > John > -- > ******************************** > ** John Thorhauer > ** Web Developer > ** Phoenix Color Corp. > ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************** > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
