OK. Thanks for the heads up. I changed my class to Komponent and it works fine now. Man that was a pain in th butt to figure out. Oh well, on to more fun with struts.
Thanks for the help, John On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 15:55, Robert McIntosh wrote: > I've had this same problem in the past, and I agree with your coworker. > I had to change a class from '...Component' to something else. > > - Robert > > Derek Richardson wrote: > > >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] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ******************************** ** John Thorhauer ** Web Developer ** Phoenix Color Corp. ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

