Peter,
Do you have a tagExtraInfo class associated with your tag?
This is required to expose a scripting variable.
For example, for the import tag (under xsl):
public final class ImportTei extends TagExtraInfo {
/**
* Return information about the scripting variables to be created.
*/
public VariableInfo[] getVariableInfo(TagData data) {
return new VariableInfo[] {
new VariableInfo(data.getAttributeString("id"),
"java.lang.String",
true,
VariableInfo.AT_END)
};
}
}
Peter Alfors wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> This is probably a simple question (hopefully) for you all.
> I am writing a tag that is similar to jsp:useBean.
>
> This new tag needs to be able to make an object available as a scripting
> variable.
> example:
>
> <mytaglibs:define id="organizationsBean" scope="session"/>
> <% String organizationId = (String)
> organizationsBean.getColumn("ORGANIZATIONID"); %>
>
> The DefineTag class retrieves the object and places the it in the
> pageContext (I've tried APPLICATION, PAGE and REQUEST scope), but when I
> run this, I get the following error:
>
> "... Undefined variable or class name: organizationsBean
> String organizationId = (String)
> organizationsBean.getColumn("ORGANIZATIONID"); "
>
> However, when using jsp:useBean, this works:
> <jsp:useBean id="organizationsBean"
> type="com.organizations.OrganizationsBean" scope="session"/>
> <% String organizationId = (String)
> organizationsBean.getColumn("ORGANIZATIONID"); %>
>
> What does jsp:useBean do behind the scenes to make the variable
> accessible??
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
