classic tag extends TagSupport

[muthu moorthy]

Hi Any one help me to sort it out. Thank you.

I am getting error while compiling the following classic1.java

i am using the following command to compile

D:\SCWCD\workout\beerV1>javac -classpath c:/tomcat5/common/lib/servlet-api.jar;classes;. -d classes src/foo/classic1.java

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package foo;

import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;
import java.io.*;

public class classic1 extends TagSupport {
public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
try {
out.println("classic 1 method tag output");
} catch(IOException ex) {
throw new JspException("IOException- " + ex.toString());
}
return SKIP_BODY;
}
}
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The Error i am getting :

src/foo/classic1.java:3: package javax.servlet.jsp does not exist
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
^
src/foo/classic1.java:4: package javax.servlet.jsp.tagext does not exist
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;
^
src/foo/classic1.java:7: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class TagSupport
location: class foo.classic1
public class classic1 extends TagSupport {
^
src/foo/classic1.java:8: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class JspException
location: class foo.classic1
public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
^
src/foo/classic1.java:9: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class JspWriter
location: class foo.classic1
JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
^
src/foo/classic1.java:9: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable pageContext
location: class foo.classic1
JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
^
src/foo/classic1.java:13: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class JspException
location: class foo.classic1
throw new JspException("IOException- " + ex.toString());

^
src/foo/classic1.java:15: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable SKIP_BODY
location: class foo.classic1
return SKIP_BODY;
^
8 errors

[Sayak Banerjee]

D:\SCWCD\workout\beerV1>javac -classpath c:/tomcat5/common/lib/[B]servlet-api.jar[/B];classes;. -d classes src/foo/classic1.java

Change the part in bold to jsp-api.jar

[muthu moorthy]

Thank you Sayak.

But, I just wonder how the HF Book does not explain on this.