Eclips error

[Samanthi perera]

this is my java class

package jstl;


import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport;


public class TodayTag extends TagSupport{
    private String mFormat;
    
    public void setFormat(String pFormat) {
        mFormat = pFormat;
    }
    
    
    public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
        try {
            JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
            Date today = new Date();
            SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(mFormat);
            out.print(dateFormatter.format(today));
            
        } catch(IOException ioe) {
            throw new JspException("Error: " + ioe.getMessage());
        }       
        return SKIP_BODY;
    }
    
    
    public int doEndTag() throws JspException {
        return SKIP_PAGE;
    }
}

this is my ant file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<project name="project" >
   
       
	<target name="compile">
	    	<javac srcdir="src/jstl" destdir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes"></javac>
	</target>

</project>

this is error

Buildfile: D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\AntCompile.xml
compile:
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\WebContent\WEB-INF\classes
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:7: package javax.servlet.jsp does not exist
    [javac] import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:8: package javax.servlet.jsp does not exist
    [javac] import javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:9: package javax.servlet.jsp.tagext does not exist
    [javac] import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport;
    [javac]                                ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:12: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol: class TagSupport
    [javac] public class TodayTag extends TagSupport{
    [javac]                               ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:20: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : class JspException
    [javac] location: class jstl.TodayTag
    [javac]     public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
    [javac]                                    ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:34: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : class JspException
    [javac] location: class jstl.TodayTag
    [javac]     public int doEndTag() throws JspException {
    [javac]                                  ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:22: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : class JspWriter
    [javac] location: class jstl.TodayTag
    [javac]             JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
    [javac]             ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:22: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : variable pageContext
    [javac] location: class jstl.TodayTag
    [javac]             JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
    [javac]                             ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:28: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : class JspException
    [javac] location: class jstl.TodayTag
    [javac]             throw new JspException("Error: " + ioe.getMessage());
    [javac]                       ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:30: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : variable SKIP_BODY
    [javac] location: class jstl.TodayTag
    [javac]         return SKIP_BODY;
    [javac]                ^
    [javac] D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\src\jstl\TodayTag.java:35: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : variable SKIP_PAGE
    [javac] location: class jstl.TodayTag
    [javac]         return SKIP_PAGE;
    [javac]                ^
    [javac] 11 errors

BUILD FAILED
D:\PROJECT\Gwt-eclips\JstlExample\AntCompile.xml:7: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Total time: 829 milliseconds

i am using eclips IDE

[Peter Johnson]

The <java> task in your build.xml is missing the classpath entry - it should reference the JSP and JSTL JAR files. These JAR files should come with the app server you are using.

[Peter Johnson]

This is an ant script question, not an eclipse question, moving.

[Samanthi perera]

Thanks Peter Johnson.
Now it is working.