Hi,
<jsp:useBean id="myCar" class="com.wrox.cars.CarBean" />
makes a reference variable called myCar to your bean class CarBean
your editor thinks you are not using it or reading it maybe because you are using the JSP getProperty and setProperty which the editor may not understand or interpret as reading or using that reference variable.
If you where to make a reference to the bean class method or member variable in a jsp expression like this <%=myCar.getMake()%> or <%=myCar.make%> the warning from the editor might go away(i'm not sure
). Also, I'm not saying
you should do it that way either, because it is best to follow the recommended way of doing things according to the specifications and if that is <JSP:set and <jsp:get then use those, but as Bear said, try to rely less on the editor. I also use eclipse and it becomes a very valuable tool when writing classes as opposed to JSP in my opinion, but once you know JSP good, then you need not worry about those warnings and you might also end up with no java code in your jsp at all where instead you use tags.
[ August 13, 2006: Message edited by: Stu Higgs ]