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Posted to taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org by Mike Cannon-Brookes <mc...@internet.com> on 2000/10/22 07:06:19 UTC
Bugreports for most taglibs
G'day all,
Just playing with all your taglibs, found a few errors / improvements.
- In general, the docs don't give usage examples - this would be very useful
instead of trying to mentally decode the Javadocs.
- I know for the above you'll say 'look at the example source' but the only
way to do this is to fire up a text editor, why not include a <view:source>
tag to allow people to view the source in their browser. (see
http://cupid.suninternet.com/~joeo/test9.html down the bottom for an
example)
- The REQUEST taglib example war has two bugs:
- 1) I didn't have an "admin" role defined so Orion gave me an error.
- 2) The <req:request id="rq" /> tag doesn't work, all the properties are
blank. ( see
http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/request/examples/request.jsp )
- The SESSION taglib:
- 1) <sess:session id="ss"/> doesn't seem to work as above, all properties
are blank. Also this leads to all properties afterwards being blank ( see
http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/session/examples/session.jsp )
- The UTILITY taglib:
- MAJOR problems here ;)
- The index.html assumes the WAR is bound to /utility-examples. I've
renamed it default.jsp and attached a fixed copy that uses the current
context path - alternatively just make them all relative paths.
- None of the examples work, all need the missing class
org.apache.taglibs.utility.lang.ForTagExtraInfo - reason - utility.jar is
always empty. (Didn't have time to try recompiling the sources into the JAR)
- The XSL taglib: all worked! The examples here are a good example (!) of
viewing source etc.
I haven't looked at BSF, JSPSPEC or SQL taglibs.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Mike
PS Someone was mentioning a file taglib, there's two at
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/JspTags - exttags (external) and
filetags - both approach the problem in different ways.
Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
Posted by Glenn Nielsen <gl...@voyager.apg.more.net>.
Thanks Mike, that helped.
I found out what was causing the problem, the script variable being created
was of REQUEST_SCOPE instead of PAGE_SCOPE. And that makes sense from reading
section 5.5 of the JSP 1.1 spec. I will fix this and update CVS for those
tag libraries I wrote that are affected by this in the next day or two.
Thanks for the bug report.
Glenn
Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
>
> Not as yet but you can get Orion to leave the .java source files. Can't
> remember off the top of my head, have a look at the documentation
> (http://www.orionserver.com/docs) for orion-web.xml I think it's
> development="true" or something like that.
>
> Mike
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: glenn@zathras.earthdome.org [mailto:glenn@zathras.earthdome.org]On
> > Behalf Of Glenn Nielsen
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:52 AM
> > To: mcannon@internet.com
> > Cc: taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
> >
> >
> > I was able to get the request and session taglib examples configured
> > for orion, thanks. And I see the same behaviour you reported. I looked
> > to see if orion left any source files laying around for compiled JSP pages
> > and didn't find any. My guess is that there is a namespace related bug
> > in orion that is causing this, but without access to the orion code or
> > the java source it created for the JSP I can't do much. Have you
> > forwarded this to the orion developers?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Glenn
> >
> > Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
> > >
> > > Glenn,
> > >
> > > Deploying a WAR under Orion is easy: (these steps will work
> > with a default
> > > install, you can use any app deployment and web site files for other non
> > > default apps)
> > >
> > > 1) In the config/application.xml add the following tag:
> > > <web-module id="datetime-examples"
> > >
> > path="/opt/orion/applications/jakarta-taglibs/datetime/datetime-ex
> > amples.war
> > > " />
> > >
> > > (obviously replace with your WAR file name and location)
> > >
> > > 2) In the config/default-web-site.xml
> > > <web-app application="default" name="datetime-examples"
> > > root="/taglibs/datetime/examples" />
> > >
> > > You can now see the web app at
> > http://localhost/taglibs/datetime/examples
> > > (possibly another port depending on how you configured
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: glenn@zathras.earthdome.org [mailto:glenn@zathras.earthdome.org]On
> > > Behalf Of Glenn Nielsen
> > > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 1:18 AM
> > > To: taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
> > >
> > > Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > G'day all,
> > > >
> > > > Just playing with all your taglibs, found a few errors / improvements.
> > > >
> > > > - In general, the docs don't give usage examples - this would be very
> > > useful
> > > > instead of trying to mentally decode the Javadocs.
> > > >
> > > > - I know for the above you'll say 'look at the example source' but the
> > > only
> > > > way to do this is to fire up a text editor, why not include a
> > > <view:source>
> > > > tag to allow people to view the source in their browser. (see
> > > > http://cupid.suninternet.com/~joeo/test9.html down the bottom for an
> > > > example)
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes the docs could be improved and providing a way to view the
> > jsp source
> > > would also be nice. An overhaul of the jakarta-taglib portion of the
> > > jakarta site is planned after the London ApacheCon is over.
> > >
> > > > - The REQUEST taglib example war has two bugs:
> > > > - 1) I didn't have an "admin" role defined so Orion gave me an
> > > error.
> > > > - 2) The <req:request id="rq" /> tag doesn't work, all the
> > > properties are
> > > > blank. ( see
> > > > http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/request/examples/request.jsp )
> > > >
> > > > - The SESSION taglib:
> > > > - 1) <sess:session id="ss"/> doesn't seem to work as
> > above, all
> > > properties
> > > > are blank. Also this leads to all properties afterwards being
> > blank ( see
> > > > http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/session/examples/session.jsp )
> > > >
> > >
> > > I hadn't looked at orion at all, so I downloaded 1.3.8 and
> > played with it
> > > for
> > > an hour or so. I couldn't find any documentation that showed
> > how/where to
> > > install a war file. Then I spent some time reading the config docs and
> > > playing around with the config files, but couldn't easily
> > determine how to
> > > install/configure the war file. So I didn't spend anymore time on it.
> > >
> > > As far as orion requiring an admin role for accessing some request
> > > information...
> > > that is something specific to orion.
> > >
> > > If you can provide information on how to install/configure the
> > war file so
> > > it
> > > will work with orion, that could be included in the docs.
> > >
> > > Both the request and session war files work fine on Tomcat. If
> > you look at
> > > the
> > > code for the request/session get methods, there isn't anything
> > fancy. They
> > > just
> > > return a string. There may be some sort of namespace conflict or bug in
> > > orion
> > > causing this, but I am just guessing. Its hard to determine
> > without being
> > > able
> > > to look at the orion java source. If orion leaves the java
> > source code file
> > > it
> > > generates for the JSP somewhere, looking at the java source generated by
> > > orion
> > > could help find where the problem is.
> > >
> > > > - The UTILITY taglib:
> > > > - MAJOR problems here ;)
> > > > - The index.html assumes the WAR is bound to
> > /utility-examples.
> > > I've
> > > > renamed it default.jsp and attached a fixed copy that uses the current
> > > > context path - alternatively just make them all relative paths.
> > > > - None of the examples work, all need the missing class
> > > > org.apache.taglibs.utility.lang.ForTagExtraInfo - reason -
> > utility.jar is
> > > > always empty. (Didn't have time to try recompiling the
> > sources into the
> > > JAR)
> > > >
> > > > - The XSL taglib: all worked! The examples here are a good
> > example (!) of
> > > > viewing source etc.
> > > >
> > > > I haven't looked at BSF, JSPSPEC or SQL taglibs.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > PS Someone was mentioning a file taglib, there's two at
> > > > http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/JspTags - exttags (external) and
> > > > filetags - both approach the problem in different ways.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I took a quick look at the filetags, it only provides the ability to
> > > read a file and get its last modified date and size. I haven't looked
> > > at the exttags yet.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your report.
> > >
> > > Glenn
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Glenn Nielsen glenn@more.net | /* Spelin donut madder |
> > > MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. |
> > > Missouri Research and Education Network | */ |
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > --
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Glenn Nielsen glenn@more.net | /* Spelin donut madder |
> > MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. |
> > Missouri Research and Education Network | */ |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Glenn Nielsen glenn@more.net | /* Spelin donut madder |
MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. |
Missouri Research and Education Network | */ |
----------------------------------------------------------------------
RE: Bugreports for most taglibs
Posted by Mike Cannon-Brookes <mc...@internet.com>.
Not as yet but you can get Orion to leave the .java source files. Can't
remember off the top of my head, have a look at the documentation
(http://www.orionserver.com/docs) for orion-web.xml I think it's
development="true" or something like that.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: glenn@zathras.earthdome.org [mailto:glenn@zathras.earthdome.org]On
> Behalf Of Glenn Nielsen
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:52 AM
> To: mcannon@internet.com
> Cc: taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
>
>
> I was able to get the request and session taglib examples configured
> for orion, thanks. And I see the same behaviour you reported. I looked
> to see if orion left any source files laying around for compiled JSP pages
> and didn't find any. My guess is that there is a namespace related bug
> in orion that is causing this, but without access to the orion code or
> the java source it created for the JSP I can't do much. Have you
> forwarded this to the orion developers?
>
> Regards,
>
> Glenn
>
> Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
> >
> > Glenn,
> >
> > Deploying a WAR under Orion is easy: (these steps will work
> with a default
> > install, you can use any app deployment and web site files for other non
> > default apps)
> >
> > 1) In the config/application.xml add the following tag:
> > <web-module id="datetime-examples"
> >
> path="/opt/orion/applications/jakarta-taglibs/datetime/datetime-ex
> amples.war
> > " />
> >
> > (obviously replace with your WAR file name and location)
> >
> > 2) In the config/default-web-site.xml
> > <web-app application="default" name="datetime-examples"
> > root="/taglibs/datetime/examples" />
> >
> > You can now see the web app at
> http://localhost/taglibs/datetime/examples
> > (possibly another port depending on how you configured
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: glenn@zathras.earthdome.org [mailto:glenn@zathras.earthdome.org]On
> > Behalf Of Glenn Nielsen
> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 1:18 AM
> > To: taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
> >
> > Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
> > >
> > > G'day all,
> > >
> > > Just playing with all your taglibs, found a few errors / improvements.
> > >
> > > - In general, the docs don't give usage examples - this would be very
> > useful
> > > instead of trying to mentally decode the Javadocs.
> > >
> > > - I know for the above you'll say 'look at the example source' but the
> > only
> > > way to do this is to fire up a text editor, why not include a
> > <view:source>
> > > tag to allow people to view the source in their browser. (see
> > > http://cupid.suninternet.com/~joeo/test9.html down the bottom for an
> > > example)
> > >
> >
> > Yes the docs could be improved and providing a way to view the
> jsp source
> > would also be nice. An overhaul of the jakarta-taglib portion of the
> > jakarta site is planned after the London ApacheCon is over.
> >
> > > - The REQUEST taglib example war has two bugs:
> > > - 1) I didn't have an "admin" role defined so Orion gave me an
> > error.
> > > - 2) The <req:request id="rq" /> tag doesn't work, all the
> > properties are
> > > blank. ( see
> > > http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/request/examples/request.jsp )
> > >
> > > - The SESSION taglib:
> > > - 1) <sess:session id="ss"/> doesn't seem to work as
> above, all
> > properties
> > > are blank. Also this leads to all properties afterwards being
> blank ( see
> > > http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/session/examples/session.jsp )
> > >
> >
> > I hadn't looked at orion at all, so I downloaded 1.3.8 and
> played with it
> > for
> > an hour or so. I couldn't find any documentation that showed
> how/where to
> > install a war file. Then I spent some time reading the config docs and
> > playing around with the config files, but couldn't easily
> determine how to
> > install/configure the war file. So I didn't spend anymore time on it.
> >
> > As far as orion requiring an admin role for accessing some request
> > information...
> > that is something specific to orion.
> >
> > If you can provide information on how to install/configure the
> war file so
> > it
> > will work with orion, that could be included in the docs.
> >
> > Both the request and session war files work fine on Tomcat. If
> you look at
> > the
> > code for the request/session get methods, there isn't anything
> fancy. They
> > just
> > return a string. There may be some sort of namespace conflict or bug in
> > orion
> > causing this, but I am just guessing. Its hard to determine
> without being
> > able
> > to look at the orion java source. If orion leaves the java
> source code file
> > it
> > generates for the JSP somewhere, looking at the java source generated by
> > orion
> > could help find where the problem is.
> >
> > > - The UTILITY taglib:
> > > - MAJOR problems here ;)
> > > - The index.html assumes the WAR is bound to
> /utility-examples.
> > I've
> > > renamed it default.jsp and attached a fixed copy that uses the current
> > > context path - alternatively just make them all relative paths.
> > > - None of the examples work, all need the missing class
> > > org.apache.taglibs.utility.lang.ForTagExtraInfo - reason -
> utility.jar is
> > > always empty. (Didn't have time to try recompiling the
> sources into the
> > JAR)
> > >
> > > - The XSL taglib: all worked! The examples here are a good
> example (!) of
> > > viewing source etc.
> > >
> > > I haven't looked at BSF, JSPSPEC or SQL taglibs.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > PS Someone was mentioning a file taglib, there's two at
> > > http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/JspTags - exttags (external) and
> > > filetags - both approach the problem in different ways.
> > >
> >
> > I took a quick look at the filetags, it only provides the ability to
> > read a file and get its last modified date and size. I haven't looked
> > at the exttags yet.
> >
> > Thanks for your report.
> >
> > Glenn
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Glenn Nielsen glenn@more.net | /* Spelin donut madder |
> > MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. |
> > Missouri Research and Education Network | */ |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Glenn Nielsen glenn@more.net | /* Spelin donut madder |
> MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. |
> Missouri Research and Education Network | */ |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
Posted by Glenn Nielsen <gl...@voyager.apg.more.net>.
I was able to get the request and session taglib examples configured
for orion, thanks. And I see the same behaviour you reported. I looked
to see if orion left any source files laying around for compiled JSP pages
and didn't find any. My guess is that there is a namespace related bug
in orion that is causing this, but without access to the orion code or
the java source it created for the JSP I can't do much. Have you
forwarded this to the orion developers?
Regards,
Glenn
Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
>
> Glenn,
>
> Deploying a WAR under Orion is easy: (these steps will work with a default
> install, you can use any app deployment and web site files for other non
> default apps)
>
> 1) In the config/application.xml add the following tag:
> <web-module id="datetime-examples"
> path="/opt/orion/applications/jakarta-taglibs/datetime/datetime-examples.war
> " />
>
> (obviously replace with your WAR file name and location)
>
> 2) In the config/default-web-site.xml
> <web-app application="default" name="datetime-examples"
> root="/taglibs/datetime/examples" />
>
> You can now see the web app at http://localhost/taglibs/datetime/examples
> (possibly another port depending on how you configured
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: glenn@zathras.earthdome.org [mailto:glenn@zathras.earthdome.org]On
> Behalf Of Glenn Nielsen
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 1:18 AM
> To: taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
>
> Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
> >
> > G'day all,
> >
> > Just playing with all your taglibs, found a few errors / improvements.
> >
> > - In general, the docs don't give usage examples - this would be very
> useful
> > instead of trying to mentally decode the Javadocs.
> >
> > - I know for the above you'll say 'look at the example source' but the
> only
> > way to do this is to fire up a text editor, why not include a
> <view:source>
> > tag to allow people to view the source in their browser. (see
> > http://cupid.suninternet.com/~joeo/test9.html down the bottom for an
> > example)
> >
>
> Yes the docs could be improved and providing a way to view the jsp source
> would also be nice. An overhaul of the jakarta-taglib portion of the
> jakarta site is planned after the London ApacheCon is over.
>
> > - The REQUEST taglib example war has two bugs:
> > - 1) I didn't have an "admin" role defined so Orion gave me an
> error.
> > - 2) The <req:request id="rq" /> tag doesn't work, all the
> properties are
> > blank. ( see
> > http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/request/examples/request.jsp )
> >
> > - The SESSION taglib:
> > - 1) <sess:session id="ss"/> doesn't seem to work as above, all
> properties
> > are blank. Also this leads to all properties afterwards being blank ( see
> > http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/session/examples/session.jsp )
> >
>
> I hadn't looked at orion at all, so I downloaded 1.3.8 and played with it
> for
> an hour or so. I couldn't find any documentation that showed how/where to
> install a war file. Then I spent some time reading the config docs and
> playing around with the config files, but couldn't easily determine how to
> install/configure the war file. So I didn't spend anymore time on it.
>
> As far as orion requiring an admin role for accessing some request
> information...
> that is something specific to orion.
>
> If you can provide information on how to install/configure the war file so
> it
> will work with orion, that could be included in the docs.
>
> Both the request and session war files work fine on Tomcat. If you look at
> the
> code for the request/session get methods, there isn't anything fancy. They
> just
> return a string. There may be some sort of namespace conflict or bug in
> orion
> causing this, but I am just guessing. Its hard to determine without being
> able
> to look at the orion java source. If orion leaves the java source code file
> it
> generates for the JSP somewhere, looking at the java source generated by
> orion
> could help find where the problem is.
>
> > - The UTILITY taglib:
> > - MAJOR problems here ;)
> > - The index.html assumes the WAR is bound to /utility-examples.
> I've
> > renamed it default.jsp and attached a fixed copy that uses the current
> > context path - alternatively just make them all relative paths.
> > - None of the examples work, all need the missing class
> > org.apache.taglibs.utility.lang.ForTagExtraInfo - reason - utility.jar is
> > always empty. (Didn't have time to try recompiling the sources into the
> JAR)
> >
> > - The XSL taglib: all worked! The examples here are a good example (!) of
> > viewing source etc.
> >
> > I haven't looked at BSF, JSPSPEC or SQL taglibs.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike
> >
> > PS Someone was mentioning a file taglib, there's two at
> > http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/JspTags - exttags (external) and
> > filetags - both approach the problem in different ways.
> >
>
> I took a quick look at the filetags, it only provides the ability to
> read a file and get its last modified date and size. I haven't looked
> at the exttags yet.
>
> Thanks for your report.
>
> Glenn
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Glenn Nielsen glenn@more.net | /* Spelin donut madder |
> MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. |
> Missouri Research and Education Network | */ |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Glenn Nielsen glenn@more.net | /* Spelin donut madder |
MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. |
Missouri Research and Education Network | */ |
----------------------------------------------------------------------
RE: Bugreports for most taglibs
Posted by Mike Cannon-Brookes <mc...@internet.com>.
Glenn,
Deploying a WAR under Orion is easy: (these steps will work with a default
install, you can use any app deployment and web site files for other non
default apps)
1) In the config/application.xml add the following tag:
<web-module id="datetime-examples"
path="/opt/orion/applications/jakarta-taglibs/datetime/datetime-examples.war
" />
(obviously replace with your WAR file name and location)
2) In the config/default-web-site.xml
<web-app application="default" name="datetime-examples"
root="/taglibs/datetime/examples" />
You can now see the web app at http://localhost/taglibs/datetime/examples
(possibly another port depending on how you configured
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: glenn@zathras.earthdome.org [mailto:glenn@zathras.earthdome.org]On
Behalf Of Glenn Nielsen
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 1:18 AM
To: taglibs-dev@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
>
> G'day all,
>
> Just playing with all your taglibs, found a few errors / improvements.
>
> - In general, the docs don't give usage examples - this would be very
useful
> instead of trying to mentally decode the Javadocs.
>
> - I know for the above you'll say 'look at the example source' but the
only
> way to do this is to fire up a text editor, why not include a
<view:source>
> tag to allow people to view the source in their browser. (see
> http://cupid.suninternet.com/~joeo/test9.html down the bottom for an
> example)
>
Yes the docs could be improved and providing a way to view the jsp source
would also be nice. An overhaul of the jakarta-taglib portion of the
jakarta site is planned after the London ApacheCon is over.
> - The REQUEST taglib example war has two bugs:
> - 1) I didn't have an "admin" role defined so Orion gave me an
error.
> - 2) The <req:request id="rq" /> tag doesn't work, all the
properties are
> blank. ( see
> http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/request/examples/request.jsp )
>
> - The SESSION taglib:
> - 1) <sess:session id="ss"/> doesn't seem to work as above, all
properties
> are blank. Also this leads to all properties afterwards being blank ( see
> http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/session/examples/session.jsp )
>
I hadn't looked at orion at all, so I downloaded 1.3.8 and played with it
for
an hour or so. I couldn't find any documentation that showed how/where to
install a war file. Then I spent some time reading the config docs and
playing around with the config files, but couldn't easily determine how to
install/configure the war file. So I didn't spend anymore time on it.
As far as orion requiring an admin role for accessing some request
information...
that is something specific to orion.
If you can provide information on how to install/configure the war file so
it
will work with orion, that could be included in the docs.
Both the request and session war files work fine on Tomcat. If you look at
the
code for the request/session get methods, there isn't anything fancy. They
just
return a string. There may be some sort of namespace conflict or bug in
orion
causing this, but I am just guessing. Its hard to determine without being
able
to look at the orion java source. If orion leaves the java source code file
it
generates for the JSP somewhere, looking at the java source generated by
orion
could help find where the problem is.
> - The UTILITY taglib:
> - MAJOR problems here ;)
> - The index.html assumes the WAR is bound to /utility-examples.
I've
> renamed it default.jsp and attached a fixed copy that uses the current
> context path - alternatively just make them all relative paths.
> - None of the examples work, all need the missing class
> org.apache.taglibs.utility.lang.ForTagExtraInfo - reason - utility.jar is
> always empty. (Didn't have time to try recompiling the sources into the
JAR)
>
> - The XSL taglib: all worked! The examples here are a good example (!) of
> viewing source etc.
>
> I haven't looked at BSF, JSPSPEC or SQL taglibs.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> PS Someone was mentioning a file taglib, there's two at
> http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/JspTags - exttags (external) and
> filetags - both approach the problem in different ways.
>
I took a quick look at the filetags, it only provides the ability to
read a file and get its last modified date and size. I haven't looked
at the exttags yet.
Thanks for your report.
Glenn
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Re: Bugreports for most taglibs
Posted by Glenn Nielsen <gl...@voyager.apg.more.net>.
Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
>
> G'day all,
>
> Just playing with all your taglibs, found a few errors / improvements.
>
> - In general, the docs don't give usage examples - this would be very useful
> instead of trying to mentally decode the Javadocs.
>
> - I know for the above you'll say 'look at the example source' but the only
> way to do this is to fire up a text editor, why not include a <view:source>
> tag to allow people to view the source in their browser. (see
> http://cupid.suninternet.com/~joeo/test9.html down the bottom for an
> example)
>
Yes the docs could be improved and providing a way to view the jsp source
would also be nice. An overhaul of the jakarta-taglib portion of the
jakarta site is planned after the London ApacheCon is over.
> - The REQUEST taglib example war has two bugs:
> - 1) I didn't have an "admin" role defined so Orion gave me an error.
> - 2) The <req:request id="rq" /> tag doesn't work, all the properties are
> blank. ( see
> http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/request/examples/request.jsp )
>
> - The SESSION taglib:
> - 1) <sess:session id="ss"/> doesn't seem to work as above, all properties
> are blank. Also this leads to all properties afterwards being blank ( see
> http://www.cannonbrookes.com/taglibs/session/examples/session.jsp )
>
I hadn't looked at orion at all, so I downloaded 1.3.8 and played with it for
an hour or so. I couldn't find any documentation that showed how/where to
install a war file. Then I spent some time reading the config docs and
playing around with the config files, but couldn't easily determine how to
install/configure the war file. So I didn't spend anymore time on it.
As far as orion requiring an admin role for accessing some request information...
that is something specific to orion.
If you can provide information on how to install/configure the war file so it
will work with orion, that could be included in the docs.
Both the request and session war files work fine on Tomcat. If you look at the
code for the request/session get methods, there isn't anything fancy. They just
return a string. There may be some sort of namespace conflict or bug in orion
causing this, but I am just guessing. Its hard to determine without being able
to look at the orion java source. If orion leaves the java source code file it
generates for the JSP somewhere, looking at the java source generated by orion
could help find where the problem is.
> - The UTILITY taglib:
> - MAJOR problems here ;)
> - The index.html assumes the WAR is bound to /utility-examples. I've
> renamed it default.jsp and attached a fixed copy that uses the current
> context path - alternatively just make them all relative paths.
> - None of the examples work, all need the missing class
> org.apache.taglibs.utility.lang.ForTagExtraInfo - reason - utility.jar is
> always empty. (Didn't have time to try recompiling the sources into the JAR)
>
> - The XSL taglib: all worked! The examples here are a good example (!) of
> viewing source etc.
>
> I haven't looked at BSF, JSPSPEC or SQL taglibs.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> PS Someone was mentioning a file taglib, there's two at
> http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/JspTags - exttags (external) and
> filetags - both approach the problem in different ways.
>
I took a quick look at the filetags, it only provides the ability to
read a file and get its last modified date and size. I haven't looked
at the exttags yet.
Thanks for your report.
Glenn
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