Custom Tag Issue

[JJ Devine]

Hi,

I have written a custom tag but I am having problems getting it to accept a value, the code in my JSP looks like this:

<mytag:myfunc attr="${item.value}"/>

unfortunately when the value reaches the tag class it becomes the string "${item.value}" rather than the value "value" of the scoped attribute "item". I know the value exists at the time the tag is called because:

<c:out value="${item.value}"/>

prints that value to the page as expected. Can anybody help?

[Bear Bibeault]

As per forum instructions, please disclose the versions of JSP and JSTL that you are using.

It sounds as if you are using an older version of JSP that does not allow the EL in template text, or that your web app is misconfigured.

The JSP FAQ has entries that deal with these situations.