Getting error while passing implicit request object from JSP to JavaBean

Question

Hi,
I am getting error while passing implicit object ie( request object)
from within JSP to JavaBean.
Following is source for JSP, JavaBean and Error message I am getting.
vaLookup.jsp Source
<jsp:useBean id="db" class="advisorinsight.javabeans.DisplayPages"
scope="request">
<jsp:setProperty name="db" property="request" value="<%= request %>"
/>
</jsp:useBean>
<jsp:getProperty name="db" property="totalrecords" />
JAVABEAN DisplayPages.java source
package javabeans;
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
public final class DisplayPages implements Serializable {
private String totalrecords;
private HttpServletRequest request;
public void setRequest(HttpServletRequest req){
this.request = req;
public java.lang.String getTotalrecords()
this.totalrecords =
this.request.getParameter("totalrecords");
return this.totalrecords;
public DisplayPages(){
totalrecords = "";
request = null;
error after executing vaLookup.jsp
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: EXTMGR-006: GXExtensionManager: Extension
service JavaExtData successfully loaded
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: EXTMGR-006: GXExtensionManager: Extension
service LockManager successfully loaded
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: EXTMGR-006: GXExtensionManager: Extension
service RLOPManager successfully loaded
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:5] info: REQ-012: thread add
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:04:7] info: ENGINE-ready: ready: 10819
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:46:0] info: --------------------------------------
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:46:0] info: JSPRunnerSticky: init
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:46:0] info: --------------------------------------
[30/Nov/2001 11:56:51:7] error: Exception: SERVLET-compile_failed:
Failed in compiling template: /va/valookup.jsp, javac error:
c:\iplanet\ias6\ias\APPS\variabl
S\va\valookup.java:76: Undefined variable: JSP_8
db.setRequest(_JSP__8);
^
1 error
Exception Stack Trace:
java.lang.Exception: javac error:
c:\iplanet\ias6\ias\APPS\variableannuity\va\WEB-INF\compiled_jsp\jsp\APPS\va\valookup.java:76:
Undefined variable: JSP_8
db.setRequest(_JSP__8);
^
1 error
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.jsp.JSPCompiler.compileJSP(Unknown Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.jsp.JSPCompiler.compileOrLoadJSP(Unknown
Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.jsp.JSPCompiler.compileInstance(Unknown
Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.jsp.JSPCompiler.compileInstance(Unknown
Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.platformhttp.PlatformHttpServletResponse.callJspCompiler(Unknown
Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.platformhttp.PlatformHttpServletResponse.callUri(Unknown
Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.platformhttp.PlatformHttpServletResponse.callUriRestrictOutput(Unknown
Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.platformhttp.PlatformRequestDispatcher.forward(Unknown
Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.jsp.JSPRunner.service(Unknown
Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:865)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletInfo.service(Unknown
Source)
at
com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletRunner.execute(Unknown
Source)
at com.kivasoft.applogic.AppLogic.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.applogic.AppLogic.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.thread.ThreadBasic.run(Native Method)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)

Answer 1

The only thing that I see that looks funny to me is when you pass the request object into the method using <%=request%>, Im not sure whats going to happen here because that is suppose to print the results. Have you tried simply using <%request%>?