try overriding setPageContext(PageContext ctx) and check that it is being
invoked.
public void setPageContext(PageContext ctx) {
System.out.println("Inside " + getClass().getName() +
".setPageContext()...");
super.setPageContext(ctx);
}
That should settle any doubt that pageContext is being set.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Byrne Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tag Libraries Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: PageContext is always null with taglibs
> On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 16:45, Martin Cooper wrote:
> > 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
>
> So I actually only enclosed a code snippet... I did several variations
> while unit testing - and even tried to implement a simple HelloWorld
> TagSupport class... but with no luck. :(
>
> I just seems odd since at one point it was working... but that was a
> while ago, and I am kicking myself because I am not sure what on my
> system changed other than Tomcat... well I did upgrade Axis Beta 3 to
> RC1, but I can't see how that could possibly impact the JSP layer in
> anyway.
>
> I also tried reverting to an older servlet.jar class - but still, no
> luck. Perhaps there is some configuration parameter in Tomcat I am
> missing? Jeeesh, who knows?
>
> > > -----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;
> > > }
> > >
> > > }
> > >
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