Werner,
I actually have tried that and the result was a NullPointerException because
String productId = request.getParameter("productid");
gets declared at the class level (i.e. before any method declarations). I suppose
request is not available in this scope?
Sonny
--- Werner Guttmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Btw, you do not have to change it to the suggested way. Using a logicsheet within a
><xsp:logic> element makes perfectly sense ...
>
>I think in your case, just make sure that you move the code that assigns the value of
>the productId request parameter to your local variable before trying to generate the
>content. In other words,
>
><page>
>
> <xsp:logic>
> String productId = request.getParameter("productid");
> </xsp:logic>
>
> <Product>
> <xsp:attribute>
> <xsp:expr>products.getCategory(productId)</xsp:expr>
> </xsp:attribute>
>
> [snip]
> </Product>
>
></page>
>
>should do the job.
>
>Werner
>
>Sonny Sukumar wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I sent the following message (below the line) yesterday and got one good suggestion
>to use
>>
>> <xsp:logic>
>> String productId = request.getParameter("productid");
>> </xsp:logic>
>>
>> instead of
>>
>> <xsp:logic>
>> String productId = <xsp-request:get-parameter name="productid"/>;
>> </xsp:logic>
>>
>> However, it did not work..same problem with the ordering of the generated Java code
>for the XSP which causes productId to try to be used (to create an attribute value
>for the root element) before it is declared. I would REALLY appreciate any insight
>into this.
>>
>> Thanks. :-)
>> ______________________________________________________________________________
>> Using: Cocoon 2.0.3 with Tomcat 4.1.12 on Redhat 7.3
>>
>> My problem is this: I'm writing an XSP and trying to insert an attribute
>> in the root element of my document. The root element is <Product>, as this
>> doc stores product info.
>>
>> Anyhow, a logicsheet inserts an
>> <xsp:attribute>
>> <xsp:expr>products.getCategory(productId)</xsp:expr>
>> </xsp:attribute>
>>
>> into my XSP within the <Product> element. Now, the productId variable is
>> declared like this *right* below the root <Product> element in the XSP:
>>
>> <Product>
>> <xsp:logic>
>> String productId = <xsp-request:get-parameter name="productid" default=""/>;
>> </xsp:logic>
>> ...
>>
>> The problem is that in the Java class generated for the XSP declares productId
>> AFTER the attribute code tries to call products.getCategory using productId
>> as a parameter. This is the ONLY thing causing the error as far as I can
>> tell, as the code works fine without putting in the attribute.
>>
>> Note that NO MATTER WHERE the <xsp:attribute>..</xsp:attribute> code gets
>> inserted within the <Product></Product> block, the generated Java code still
>> has the same ordering problem.
>>
>> Does anybody know how to fix this? I would have put the productId declaration
>> above the root element (i.e. made it a class member of the generated Java
>> class), but apparently one can't use the xsp-request logicsheet tags at the
>> class level. I don't know why this is the case either.
>>
>> Thanks for the help!
>>
>> Sonny
>>
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