This is strange, I have a jsp that accessess a function declared in a TLD file. The function has NO paramters passed to it. When I try to compile the jsp into a servlet via tomcat jasper, I get:
C:\Tomcat\webapps\Acuity\build.xml:98: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: The class specified in the method signature in TLD for the function rules:getAutoRefresh1 cannot be found. OK - but I have done this before a million times and I know it works, so I looked at working examples of my code where I did this and the only difference is that this function takes no parameters. So for an experiment, I changed the TLD, the jsp and the class to have a dummy int parmater passed to the function - not used just passed - AND IT COMPILED!?! WHY DOES IT MATTER IF THERE ARE PARAMTERS OR NOT - AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG??? IS IT BECAUSE IT IS A GET METHOD??? here is the test jsp and .tld file THIS DOESNT WORK... JSP <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %> <%@ taglib prefix="rules" uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/rules.tld" %> <%@ page isELIgnored="false" %> <c:set var="autoRefresh" value="${rules:getAutoRefresh1()}" /> <html> <head> </head> <body> </body> </html> RULES.TLD <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <taglib xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2eeweb-jsptaglibrary_2_0.x sd" version="2.0"> <description>TCS Rule Engine Library</description> <display-name>TCS Rule Engine Functions</display-name> <tlib-version>1.0</tlib-version> <short-name>rules</short-name> <uri>/WEB-INF/tags/Rules.tld</uri> <function> <name>getAutoRefresh1</name> <description> Retrieves the auto refresh token setting </description> <function-class>tcsServices.RulesMgr</function-class> <function-signature>java.lang.String GetAutoRefresh1()</function-signature> </function> </taglib> CODE public static String GetAutoRefresh1() { String refresh = "N"; if( autoRefresh ) { refresh = "Y"; } return refresh; } THIS WORKS?!?.... <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %> <%@ taglib prefix="rules" uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/rules.tld" %> <%@ page isELIgnored="false" %> <c:set var="autoRefresh" value="${rules:getAutoRefresh1(1)}" /> <html> <head> </head> <body> </body> </html> RULES.TLD <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <taglib 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/j2eeweb-jsptaglibrary_2_0.x sd" version="2.0"> <description>TCS Rule Engine Library</description> <display-name>TCS Rule Engine Functions</display-name> <tlib-version>1.0</tlib-version> <short-name>rules</short-name> <uri>/WEB-INF/tags/Rules.tld</uri> <function> <name>getAutoRefresh1</name> <description> Retrieves the auto refresh token setting </description> <function-class>tcsServices.RulesMgr</function-class> <function-signature>java.lang.String GetAutoRefresh1(int)</function-signature> </function> </taglib> CODE public static String GetAutoRefresh1(int i) { String refresh = "N"; if( autoRefresh ) { refresh = "Y"; } return refresh; } John McClain Senior Software Engineer TCS Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (530)886-1700x235 "Skepticism is the first step toward truth" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]