Are you absolutely certain that pageContext is null, and that the problem is not caused by either 'getId()' or 'city' being null? You're not checking those before passing them to pageContext.
Custom tags work just fine in Tomcat 4.0.4, so I think the problem must be somewhere in your own tag code. -- Martin Cooper > -----Original Message----- > From: Byrne Reese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 4:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PageContext is always null with taglibs > > > I am trying to write a custom taglib that extends the > TagSupport class. > > At one point my implementation worked, but when upgrading to Tomcat > 4.0.4, I keep getting a NullPointerException because the protected > variable pageContext is null. > > Any clues? Is tomcat's servlet implementation no longer setting the > PageContext? What gives? Or how do I get a handle to the > request and/or > response context so that I can get and put attributes and write output > to the browser? > > Here is my code BTW: > > JSP: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > <otg:getCity id="city" > cityId="/world/south_america/bolivia/cobija_city"/> > > <p>City Name: <jsp:getProperty name="city" property="name"/></p> > > > CLASS: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > public class GetCityTag extends TagSupport { > > /* blah blah blah */ > > public int doEndTag() > throws JspException > { > City city = (City)getCity(getCityId()); > /* this next line is where the NullPointerException occurs */ > pageContext.setAttribute(getId(), city); > /* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ */ > try { > pageContext.getOut().write("City id is " + cityId + "!"); > pageContext.getOut().write("Storing fetched city > '"+city.getName()+ > "' as " + id + "!"); > } catch(IOException e) { > throw new JspTagException("An IOException occurred."); > } > return EVAL_PAGE; > } > > } > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
