Basic useBean question

[Billy Hause]

I put this at the top of my JSP
<jsp:useBean id="userInfo" scope="session" type="hause.user_management.User"/>
Now I get the following error:
javax.servlet.ServletException: bean userInfo not found within scope
What causes this error? (This is the first time I've tried to use the useBean tag in my jsps.)
Thanks,
Billy Hause

[Jignesh Malavia]

Replace the type attribute with the class attribute as
<jsp:useBean id="userInfo" scope="session" class="hause.user_management.User"/>
The class attribute instructs the JSP engine to create a new instance of the specified class if an existing one is not found.
For a detailed explanation on the different attributes of the useBean tag, have a look at this chapter.
-j

[Billy Hause]

Thanks Much!