No Ferindo. What he's saying is you are calling the class not an instance of the class.
You can only call a class if the method is stactic. http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/classvars.html On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Ferindo Middleton < ferindo.middle...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's what I can't understand. Should my call to the bean be a valid > non-static code to get that value? I am new to java & javabeans. The > statement you wrote is exactly my statement in the JSP: > > > <yourbeanname>.getTempFilePath() > Is the same as: > > > RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachmentBean.getTempFilePath() > > > How else do I make this statement in a non-static way? > > Ferindo > > On Sep 3, 2010, at 7:13 AM, Pid <p...@pidster.com> wrote: > > > On 03/09/2010 04:49, Ferindo Middleton wrote: > >> I've written a javabean that connects to a database, downloads a file, > >> and one of the getter methods returns the complete file path to the > >> file. > >> > >> The problem I have is: when the JSP runs and gets to the part where it > >> gets the file path to pass to the taglib, I get an error message that > >> is typical of a reference to a nonstatic variable. This concerns me as > >> I thout getter methods in javabeans would inherently returns values > >> that are valid instance variables in a JSP. > >> > >> I will paste my getter method below, the JSP call to that method and > >> the error message below: any guidance is welcome. Thank you: > >> > >> Getter method in jsvabean (javabean compiles fine): > >> > >> public String getTempFilePath() { > >> this.downloadedfilename= > >> tempFilePath; > >> return this.downloadedfilename; > >> > >> } > >> > >> JSP call to getter method above: > >> > >> <jsp:useBean id="getFilePath" scope="request" > >> class="hall.RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachmentBean"> > >> <jsp:setProperty name="getFilePath" > >> property="fileId" > >> value="${all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.id}" /> > >> > >> <jsp:setProperty name="getFilePath" > >> property="originalFileName" > >> value="${all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.attachment_name}" /> > >> > >> <c:forEach items="${all_attachments_for_this_ticket.rows}" > >> var="all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row"> > >> > >> > >> > >> <%-- /RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachment?attachmentId=${ > >> all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.id > }&fileName=${all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.attachment_name} > >> --%> > >> <mt:attach type="application/octet-stream" > >> name="${all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.attachment_name}" > >> filename="<%= > >> RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachmentBean.getTempFilePath() %>" /> > >> > >> > >> </c:forEach> > >> </jsp:useBean> > >> > >> > >> > >> ... And the error message: > >> > >> org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP: > >> > >> An error occurred at line: 97 in the jsp file: > >> > /web/radtickets/ticket_email_response/ticket_email_response_dispatcher_page.jsp > >> Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method > >> getTempFilePath() from the type > >> RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachmentBean > >> 94: > >> 95: > >> 96: <%-- > /RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachment?attachmentId=${ > all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.id > }&fileName=${all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.attachment_name} > >> --%> > >> 97: <mt:attach type="application/octet-stream" > >> 98: name="${all_attachments_for_this_ticket_row.attachment_name}" > > > >> 99: filename="<%= > >> RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachmentBean.getTempFilePath() %>" /> > >> 100: > > > > So don't make a static reference to the bean: > > > > RadTicketsFileDownloadForEmailAttachmentBean.getTempFilePath() > > > > <yourbeanname>.getTempFilePath() > > > > > > p > > <0x62590808.asc> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
