I think this is the right direction... you need to declare your variable,
not just instantiate it.
<%! NewsBean currentNewsBean; %> // note the !
This *declaration* will allow this variable to be "in scope" when you break
out of <%script-mode%> and back into HTML mode with <%=expressions%>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 2/12/01, 11:55:35 PM, "Amy Boyett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding RE: Strange JSP Compilation Problem:
> Hunter, I am a super-newbie, so I'm probably not fully qualified to
answer
> your question. But I previously had a similar problem, and no one *more*
> qualified has answered your post, so I'll tell you what I had to learn
the
> hard way. It's a pretty basic concept that is re-iterated throughout the
> spec, but sometimes the most basic concepts elude me until I've done my
own
> head-banging...
> Declarations, directives, actions and custom tags are executed at
> translation time (when the JSP page is turned into a servlet class).
> Expressions and scriptlets are executed at request time. (There are
> exceptions in JSP 1.2, where an attribute in an action tag can have a
> request-time value; these exceptions are listed in the 1.2 spec). So,
> anyway, is it possible you are trying to call an object at translation
time
> that actually doesn't get instantiated until the request? You might also
> want to check the spec regarding page, request, session, and application
> scope. This was helpful to me in understanding when and where objects
were
> available to me.
> Hopefully, if this is a totally off-base answer, it will encourage
someone
> more in-the-know to enlighten us both :-)
> Regards,
> Amy
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hunter
> Hillegas
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 2:00 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Strange JSP Compilation Problem
> I have a JSP page that calls some objects that are in a package...
> When I try to view the JSP, it generates a compile error:
> org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for
>
JSP/server/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1/work/localhost_8080%2Fgroundswell/_0002fne
ws
>
_0002fbackend_0005flabel_0005fnews_0005fedit_00031_0002ejspbackend_0005fla
be
> l_0005fnews_0005fedit1_jsp_0.java:178: Undefined variable or class name:
> currentNewsBean
> out.print( currentNewsBean.getRecNum() );
> Okay, this looks very simple... Like I just forgot to instantiate it...
The
> thing is I didn't... The object gets instantiated prior to being
called...
> Is there anything else that could be wrong?
> Hunter Hillegas, MCP
> Web Engineer / System Administrator - Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc.
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