Antony, default is a reserved word. You can have the setDefault() and getDefault() methods, but hot the default variable. Instead, you should use _default, theDefault, ddefault, or something like that (notice that as you are encapsulating this variable through the getters and setters, its real name doesn't matter).
In particular, JSTL use default_ : OutTag.java: private String default_; // stores EL-based property Felipe On Monday 08 December 2003 11:12 am, Antony Paul wrote: > Declaring a varible names default gives this error by javac. > JspOutTag.java:12: <identifier> expected > private String default; --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]