thanks again for the clear and concise answer craig.
regars,
chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 6:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: problem using struts taglibs on jrun
>
>
> Chris Wilson wrote:
>
> > hello,
> >
> > i've run into a snag using the <bean:write ... /> tag in jrun 3.0 sp1.
> >
> > when i set the ignore attribute to true i get a servlet error
> from jrun that
> > there's no method matching setIgnore(java.lang.String) in the write tag.
> >
> > so i looked at the source of the servlet that jrun compiled
> from my jsp, and
> > sure enough, it had a call like this: tag.setIgnore("true");
> >
> > of course this fails since the method signature of setIgnore
> takes a native
> > boolean.
> >
> > when i run the same page on tomcat, jasper compiles the same thing to:
> > tag.setIgnore(true); which is correct (at least it works!).
> >
>
> Yep ... this is correct.
>
> >
> > which compiler is right by the spec? tomcat or jrun? it looks
> like tomcat
> > is introspecting the tag to see what the method signature is,
> and doing the
> > "true" -> true translation for me.
> >
> > i'm just curious if the jrun compiler is just lazy, or if the
> struts tags
> > have been written to take advantage of some tomcat "magic" that
> seems to be
> > affecting their portability?
> >
>
> In JSP 1.1, the set of type conversions that a JSP page compiler
> does for a
> <jsp:setProperty> tag are identified in Table 2.4, on page 65.
> In particular,
> if the property is boolean, the compiler converts the string
> value you specify
> to a boolean, according to the rules of the
> java.lang.Boolean.valueOf(String)
> method.
>
> The spec was not originally clear that these rules applied to
> custom tags as
> well -- however, this was clarified in "Issue 7" of the JSP 1.1
> Errata published
> at:
>
> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/errata_1_1_a_042800.html
>
> and is more clearly spelled out in the JSP 1.2 Proposed Final Draft.
>
> It is definitely not Tomcat "magic" :-), any more than the conversion for
> integer, long, float, or double attributes would be.
>
> >
> > forgive me if this topic has been discussed before, i forgot where the
> > archive was, and wasn't able to search for this issue.
> >
>
> I don't believe this one has been addressed on STRUTS-USER,
> although I think
> I've seen it a couple of other places.
>
> >
> > thanks for any insight.
> >
> > cheerio,
> > chris
> >
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> |
Craig
