Scriplet value in custom tag attribute doesn't compile

Question

          Using a custom tag (a BodyTag extention) in a JSP. When WebLogic 6.0 tried to compile
          it I get the following error. It compiles fine in JBuilder and runs fine in resin
          servlet server.
          Here the source line from the JSP (I even put the messy spaces in the scriplet
          since that is how WebLogic examples do it):
          <tags:SystemSearch locationName="<%= locationName %>"     customerName="<%= customerName
          %>" systemModelNumber="<%= systemModelNumber %>"     systemName="<%= systemName %>"
          locationID="<%= locationID %>" >
          Here's the line of the compile error from the WebLogic generated servlet:
          tagsSystemSearch0.setLocationID weblogic.utils.StringUtils.valueOf("<%= locationID
          //[ /SystemBrowse.jsp; Line: 66]
          Here's the related error message:
          D:\java\bea\wlserver6.0\config\darcon\applications\.wl_temp_do_not_delete\WEB-INF\_tmp_war_dev1_dev1_ROOT\jsp_servlet\_systembrowse.java:202:
          unclosed string literal
          probably occurred due to an error in /SystemBrowse.jsp line 66:
          

Answer 1

This is my tag code:
public class ErrorTag extends SimpleTagSupport {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     String val = null;
     private static final String DIV = "<div class=\"error\">ERROR</div>";
     private static final String INSERT_HERE = "ERROR";
     public void doTag() throws JspException {
          try{
               PageContext pageContext = (PageContext) getJspContext();
              JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
               if(val!=null){
                    String outputDiv = DIV.replace(INSERT_HERE, val);
                    out.println(outputDiv);
                    System.out.println("out.println -> ["+outputDiv+"]");
          }catch (Exception e) {
               System.out.println("doStartTag -> ["+e.getMessage()+"]");
     public void setValue(Object value){
          System.out.println("setValue -> ["+value+"]");
          if(value!=null && value instanceof String){
               String t = (String)value;
               if(t.trim().length()>3){
                    val = t;
     public Object getValue(){
          return val;
}I don't know waht to do. It doesn't want to eval EL expr.
It produces output:
*setValue -> [${errors.name}]*
*out.println -> [<div class="error">${errors.name}</div>]*
Edited by: Holod on 21.06.2009 15:12