This sounds like a bug that was reported on 4.0.2 that has subsequently been fixed (and will therefore be fixed in 4.0.3), where Tomcat was not correctly scanning for TLDs included inside a JAR file (which is something that the JSP spec allows).
As a workaround, you could try extracting the TLD out of the JSTL jar file and placing it in your /WEB-INF subdirectory. Craig On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Wil Doane wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:31:21 -1000 > From: Wil Doane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 4.0.1 v 4.0.2 JSTL error? > > > I have several confirmations of this error on-site here, but I > haven't found any reports of it in searching the maillist archives. > > In testing a simple MVC version of a stack class, The classes and > JSPs work properly under Tomcat 4.0.1, but fail (reproducibly) under > Tomcat 4.0.2. This has now been tested and confirmed on multiple > platforms (Win2000, Mac OS X) on multiple machines. > > The problem appears to be in the JSTL resolution. > > The sample 788KB WAR file is available at > http://www2.hawaii.edu/~wdoane/stackmvc.war > > Working from a simple, basic install of both Tomcat 4.0.1 and 4.0.2, > changing nothing other than the CATALINA_HOME environment variable > (to point to one or the other) produces the following effect: > > In 4.0.1: > The stackmvc.war unpacks, compiles, and functions properly. > > In 4.0.2: > The stackmvc.war unpacks, DOES NOT compile the welcome.jsp, and fails. > > The compile failure appears to be caused by taglib code in the > included Header.jsp file, namely: > > <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/ea/core"; %> > <%@ taglib prefix="req" uri="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/request-1.0"; %> > > The error message generated is a 500 internal server configuration error: > > org.apache.jasper.compiler.CompileException: /welcome.jsp(0,0) This absolute > uri (http://java.sun.com/jstl/ea/core) cannot be resolved in either web.xml > or the jar files deployed with this application at > > org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspParseEventListener.handleDirective(JspParseEve > ntListener.java:787) at > > org.apache.jasper.compiler.DelegatingListener.handleDirective(DelegatingList > ener.java:121) at > org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser$Directive.accept(Parser.java:255) at > org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:1145) > at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:1103) > > ... and so on. > > Switching CATALINA_HOME back to the 4.0.1 install and restarting > Tomcat, the code once again compiles and functions properly. > > Any thoughts, insight, or inspiration are appreciated. > > -Wil > > -- > > William E. J. Doane [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Department of Information & Computer Science > University of Hawaii - Manoa > 1680 East West Rd > POST 309 > Honolulu, HI 96822 > > > "If you don't respect others, you're not doing it right. I try always > to let my great respect show through for people who try hard to do > the right thing. And sure enough, they do try, in almost every case. > The others, who are perhaps trying in some way I don't understand... > I Respect them too... and wish them success elsewhere." > - Ron Jeffries on XP > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
