Hi, You need the <%@ page import="package" %> directive to tell it where to look for it. Yang
-----Original Message----- From: Andy Wadsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 3:11 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Classpath problems with tomcat on Linux 9 Still no luck. I'm basically trying to do exactly the same thing that the "jsp-examples/checkbox" is doing and I can't get Tomcat to recognize my UserData.class file. I've tried placing my UserData.class file in every location possible, and no luck. My next step will be to downgrade to Tomcat 4 so I can at least try out the examples that are described in the Tomcat Bible (the examples don't work with Tomcat 5). Should I expect Tomcat to find my UserData.class file if I put it in webapps/<myapp>/WEB-INF/classes? Do I need to create a web.xml or should it find the class file without any web.xml customization? If anyone has a very simple example that I could drop in to see if it works, I'd appreciate it. I've already verified that the jsp-examples all work, but there is a lot of stuff in the web.xml that I shouldn't need for what I want to do, and finding what I need is probably where my problems lie. -Andy. On Friday 16 April 2004 07:32 pm, Berry, Layton wrote: > I'm guessing you need to put the UserData class in a package, > and import it into your savename page. > > Quoting from JSP 2.0 spec, "As of JSP 2.0, it is illegal > to refer to any classes from the unnamed (a.k.a. default) package." > > -Layton > > >-----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Wadsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 2:26 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Classpath problems with tomcat on Linux 9 > > > > > > > >I'm just getting started with my JSP and tomcat experience, and while > >learning how JSP works, I'm can't get tomcat to recognize supporting > >class definitions that I have placed in <myapp>/WEB-INF/classes. > > > >Here's my setup: > >* tomcat 5.0.19, running on RedHat Linux 9.0 Pro > >* no customization to $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml > > no customization to $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml > > added my user account as a manager in > >$CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml > >* I'm running tomcat using the $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh > >* I'm running tomcat as my normal login id, although I've also > >tried it as > > root just to make sure it wasn't a file permissions issue. > >* I'm able to use the Tomcat manager at > >http://localhost:8080/manager to > > start/stop/reload/deploy applications > >* The jsp-examples appear to work fine > > > >Here's what I'm trying to do: > >* Created the following "index.jsp" and placed it in > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/test > > > > <html><body> > > <form method=post action ="savename.jsp"> > > What's your name? <input type=text name=username size=20> > > What's your email? <input type=text name=email size=20> > > <P><input type=submit> > > </form></body></html> > > > >* Created the following as $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/test/savename.jsp > > <jsp:useBean id="user" class="UserData" scope="session"/> > > <jsp:setProperty name="user" property="*"/> > > <html><body> > > Name: <%= user.getUsername() %><BR> > > Email: <%= user.getEmail() %><BR> > > </body></html> > > > >* Created a UserData.java file that defines a public class UserData > > with username and email fields as type String. Added public > > access methods for setUsername, getUsername, setEmail, getEmail. > > I compiled UserData.java using javac, and to produce UserData.class > > which I placed in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/test/WEB-INF/classes. The > > UserData.java class does not define a package nor does it import > > anything (line 1 is "public class UserData") > > > >* deployed the "test" application using the tomcat manager and it shows > > that the application is deployed with no errors. > > > >* Using IE 6.0, I enter the url to test.jsp and it displays the form as > > expected. I enter a name and email value into the form and press the > > submit button and I get the following: > > HTTP Status 500 - > > exception > > org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP > > An error occurred at line: 1 in jsp file: /savename.jsp > > > > Generated sevlet error: > > [javac] Compiling 1 source file > > > ><...>/work/Catalina/localhost/test/org/apache/jsp/savename_jsp.java:42 > > symbol : class UserData > > location: class org.apache.jsp.savename_jsp > > UserDAta user = null > > > > > >I suspect this is a classpath issue but everything I read says > >that if you > >put your classes in <appdir>/WEB-INF/classes, it will just work. > > > >There must be some basic thing I'm missing. 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