Try adding <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee web-app_2_4.xsd"> at the top of your web.xml. If you don't tell tomcat this is a 2.4 version document it will not try evaluating EL expressions. Also, don't double-include libs that are already in tomcat/common/lib in your WEB-INF/lib since it can cause problems. There is no need for it either. If you are using an IDE you might have to include just the path to those libraries in the project settings Manos ----- Original Message ----- From: Popova, Marina To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:22 PM Subject: EL expressions are not evaluated Hi, Sorry if this question was asked already... I am trying to write a simple test web application using JSTL and encountered the following problem: JSTL core tags are working fine (like <c:out ...>, <c:forEach...>) but the EL expressions are not evaluated. I do use the c.tld file - it is in my app's WEB-INf directory. Below is a simple test page that demonstrates the problem: <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core"; %> <html> <head> <title>JSTL WISS Preview</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <jsp:useBean id="directory" class="test_wiss_JSTL.WISSDirectoryDataBean" /> <br> Total number of Files (JSTL): <c:out value="${directory.totalNumFiles}"/> <br> Total number of Files (JSP): <jsp:getProperty name="directory" property="totalNumFiles"/> <br> <c:forEach var="i" begin="1" end="5"> <c:out value="${i}"/><br> </c:forEach> <c:forEach var="file" items="${directory.fileList}"> <c:out value="${file}"/><br> </c:forEach> </body> </html> The result (in the browser) is: Total number of Files (JSTL): ${directory.totalNumFiles} Total number of Files (JSP): 2 ${i} ${i} ${i} ${i} ${i} ${file} So, as you can see, the <c:xxx> tags work correctly , the usual JSP tags work correctly also and the bean's totalNumFiles value is shown correctly too, but when I try to show the same value using the EL expression (${directory.totalNumFiles} ) - it does not work. Nor does a simple integer value ${i} - not a bean's property... It seems I'm missing something very obvious - just cannot see it just yet. Any ideas? I use Tomcat5.0.12. I did try to include the JSTL's jar files (standard.jar and jstl.jar) into my web application's WEB-INF/lib directory, even though they are in the $CATALINA/commons/lib - it did not help. Thanks, Marina --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
