.tld error

[Deepinder S Narang]

Hello friends ....

my below mentioned tld file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<taglib xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-jsptaglibrary_2_0.xsd" version="2.0">
<tlib-version> 1.2 </tlib-version>
<uri> DataBaseName </uri>
<function>
<name> getRandomnumber </name>
<function-class> com.example.model.Random </function-class>
<function-signature> void getDbname </function-signature>
</function>
</taglib>

gives the following error

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to initialize TldLocationsCache: XML parsing error on file /WEB-INF/myFunction.tld: (line 2, col 6)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.init(TldLocationsCache.java:249)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.getLocation(TldLocationsCache.java:220)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getTldLocation(JspCompilationContext.java:475)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:417)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:483)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1539)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:126)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:220)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:101)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:203)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:470)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:451)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:511)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

for the following class

package com.example.model;
public class Random{
int randomnumber;
public static int getRandomnumber(){
return (int) (Math.random() * 100);
}

}

Please help !

Thanks.

[Srinivasan thoyyeti]

Hi,

The XSD version is preferred since JSP 2.0 / Servlets 2.4 (eg: Tomcat 5.5).

Please check that.

[Johan Pelgrim]

FYI I use this taglib tag and attributes:

<taglib xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-jsptaglibrary_2_0.xsd"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-jsptaglibrary_2_0.xsd"</a>
version="2.0">

Furthermore it looks like your function-signature definition is incorrect:

<function-signature> void getDbname </function-signature>

It should be

<function-signature>int getRandomnumber()</function-signature>

P.S. A suggestion is to use better CamelCasing for your method name, i.e. getRandomNumber instead of getRandomnumber (see CamelCase on WikiPedia)

[ March 20, 2007: Message edited by: Johan Pelgrim ]
[ March 20, 2007: Message edited by: Johan Pelgrim ]

[Srinivasan thoyyeti]

Hi Johan,

Good Catch.

But
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to initialize TldLocationsCache: XML parsing error on file /WEB-INF/myFunction.tld: (line 2, col 6)

do not point your catch.

what you say.

[Johan Pelgrim]

Hi Srinivasan,

True true... but then again, that exception was probably thrown on executing the accompanying jsp-page that Deepinder didn't include... (probably on a wrong taglib directive?!) So I only commented on what I saw (and which I hope will fix it for Deepinder)... Deepinder? Do our comments help? If not could you post your jsp-page, which should contain a taglib directive to your custom tag library?

[Tridib Samanta]

<function-signature> void getDbname </function-signature>

try this:

<function-signature> int getRandomnumber() </function-signature>
[ March 20, 2007: Message edited by: Tridib Samanta ]

[Johan Pelgrim]

Tridib,

You're so right... I forgot the brackets... Copy-paste error... (fixed it in my post if anybody is copy-pasting that

[Manju Devarla]

Hi Deepender,

I am facing the same problem ..
Could you tell me how did you resolve this ..


Unable to initialize TldLocationsCache: XML parsing error on file /WEB-INF/myFun.tld: (line 1, col 20)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:512)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:377)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

Aswell as foloowing error

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to load class for JSP
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:512)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:377)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)


Even myFul.tld is correct with function signature

<?xml vesrion="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

<taglib xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-jsptaglibrary_2_0.xsd" version="2.0">

<tlib-version>1.2</tlib-version>

<uri>DiceFunctions</uri>

<function>
<name>rollIt</name>
<function-class>foo.DiceRoller</function-class>
<function-signature> String rolldice()</function-signature>
</function>

</taglib>


and this is my jsp file..

<%@ taglib prefix="mine" uri="DiceFunctions" %>

<html>
<body>

${mine:rollIt()}

</body>
</html>

Class code :

package foo;
public class DiceRoller {

public static String rolldice() {

return "suguna" ;
}
}

[Christophe Verré]

Manju,
try correct the following :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

[warren li]

also, don't forget the <short-name> in the tld. It is mandatory.

[Manju Devarla]

Thanks Satou ..Finally got it.. :-)

[Deepinder S Narang]

Thanks a lot guys it's workin !

Was out of town ....... that's why sending delayed reply

[Clifton Eaton]

Originally posted by warren li:
also, don't forget the <short-name> in the tld. It is mandatory.

According to this source, the <short-name> tag is optional:

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JSPTags6.html

[Johan Pelgrim]

Clifton ... only one way to find out... I tried leaving it out and run my web app. Indeed it is working fine (in Tomcat) without the short-name! I'd still say the spec (XSD) is correct and it's mandatory (and Tomcat's implementation of the spec is wrong)... So whenever that question pops up on the exam I'll say it's mandatory

[Clifton Eaton]

Interesting. I got that information from Sun's J2EE tutorial. I just checked the jsp spec and it does seem to be required.