Hi Roy, There is an Issue about the problem you are facing:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-5653 And it seems to be fixed. Not sure in which version it is included. Thanks 2016-08-19 8:25 GMT-03:00 Roy Teeuwen <r...@teeuwen.be>: > Hello all, > > I am trying to use the sling models taglib, and I am using the following > input: > > <%@ page import=“my.packages.TestModel" %> > > <sling:adaptTo adaptable="${resource}" > adaptTo="<%=TestModel.class.getName()%>" > var="model"/> > <div>${model.testString}</div> > > > But when doing this, I get the following exception: > > java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object cannot be cast to > java.lang.String > at javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagData.getAttributeString( > TagData.java:138) > at org.apache.sling.scripting.jsp.taglib.tei.AdaptToTEI. > getClassName(AdaptToTEI.java:26) > at org.apache.sling.scripting.jsp.taglib.tei.AbstractVarTEI. > getVariableInfo(AbstractVarTEI.java:78) > I would expect this to work? Is there any way I could get it to work like > this? It is nicer if I can import it so that my IDE has a clearer sight of > which classes are used in the jsp’s instead of having to write the class as > a plain string form: > > <sling:adaptTo adaptable="${resource}" adaptTo="my.packages.TestModel" > var="model"/> > <div>${model.testString}</div> > > (I am used to working with slice from cognifide, and am not trying out > sling models, in slice you could say <slice:lookup var=“model” > class=“<%=TestModel.class%>”/> without calling the getName but just using > the class object ) > > Thanks! > Roy -- Francisco Ribeiro *SCEA|SCJP|SCWCD|IBM Certified SOA Associate*
