Re: problem upgrading to JSTL 1.2

From:
"yishayjobs@hotmail.com" <yishayjobs@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:56:18 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<3214dccc-fbf7-477a-8092-25cb7ee11ad7@y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
On Dec 30, 6:26 pm, Lew <l...@lewscanon.com> wrote:

yishayj...@hotmail.com wrote:

The following jsp (I named it 'master.jsp') is as simple as I've
gotten it.

=====

<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage"%>
<%@ page import="org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages"%>

<%! public class MyActionMessages extends ActionMessages {
        public java.util.Map getMessages() {
            return messages;
        }
}
%>

<%
   MyActionMessages actionMessages = new MyActionMessages();
           actionMessages.add("prop1", new ActionMessage("on=

e"));

           session.setAttribute("my_action_message_item",
actionMessages.getMessages().get("prop1"));
%>
<html>
<body>
<span>this is a test: ${my_action_message_item.list}</span><br>
</body>
</html>

====

The message I get is:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An exception occurred processing
JSP page /views/profiler/master.jsp at line 20

...

root cause

javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Property 'list' not readable on
type java.util.List
   javax.el.BeanELResolver$BeanProperty.read(BeanELResolver.java:259=

)

   javax.el.BeanELResolver$BeanProperty.access$000(BeanELResolver.ja=

va:

209)
   javax.el.BeanELResolver.getValue(BeanELResolver.java:60)
   javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:53=

)

   org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:97)
   org.apache.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.ja=

va:

186)

org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.proprietaryEvaluate(PageContex=

tIm=ADpl.java:

923)
   org.apache.jsp.views.profiler.master_jsp._jspService(master_jsp.j=

ava:

77)

==========

This is after the upgrade (see my opening post). Before upgrade the
list is evaluated in the normal toString fasion. I get:

====

this is a test: [one[]]


The object retrieved via 'my_action_message_item' is the one from the call=

 to

actionMessages.getMessages().get("prop1")


'actionMessages.getMessages()' is a Map, 'messages'. A raw Map.
'messages.get("prop1")' returns an Object. 'Object' does not have a met=

hod

'getList()'. Boom. But that's not the error. Somehow the system f=

igured out

what the underlying Map types are. Let's follow that chain.

The retrieval from getMessages() is the protected 'messages' element of th=

e

superclass, a HashMap that maps String to an ArrayList. So the result o=

f

get("prop1") is an ArrayList<ActionMessage>.

You then call getList() on that ArrayList. But ArrayList doesn't have s=

uch a

method. Now boom.

The exception is correct behavior.

--
Lew- Hide quoted text -

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Is the result of get("prop1") an ArrayList? API docs support this

http://struts.apache.org/1.2.4/api/org/apache/struts/action/ActionMessages.h=
tml#messages

But if you run the following jsp (you're welcome to try it; it's self
contained):

-----------
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessage"%>
<%@ page import="org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages"%>

<%! public class MyActionMessages extends ActionMessages {
        public java.util.Map getMessages() {
            return messages;
        }
}
%>

<%
    MyActionMessages actionMessages = new MyActionMessages();
         actionMessages.add("prop1", new ActionMessage("one"));
         Object myObject = actionMessages.getMessages().get("prop1");
         session.setAttribute("is_list", new Boolean (myObject
instanceof java.util.List));
         session.setAttribute("my_action_message_item", myObject);
%>
<html>
<body>
<span>is list? ${is_list}</span><br>
<span>class name: ${my_action_message_item.class.name}</span><br>
</body>
</html>
---------

You'll get:

---------

is list? false
class name: org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages$ActionMessageItem

---------

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