About the Tag handler class

Question

hi,
i created a tag handler source file.
the following exception is thrown as given below
C:\Tomcat 5.0\webapps\jsp-examples\WEB-INF\classes\Custom>javac ExampleTag.java
ExampleTag.java:3: package javax.servlet.jsp does not exist
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
^
ExampleTag.java:4: package javax.servlet.jsp.tagext does not exist
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;
^
ExampleTag.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol: class TagSupport
public class ExampleTag extends TagSupport
^
ExampleTag.java:13: cannot find symbol
symbol : class JspWriter
location: class Custom.ExampleTag
JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
^
ExampleTag.java:13: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable pageContext
location: class Custom.ExampleTag
JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
^
ExampleTag.java:20: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable SKIP_BODY
location: class Custom.ExampleTag
return(SKIP_BODY);
^
ExampleTag.java:20: illegal start of type
return(SKIP_BODY);
^
7 errors
can anyone help me with the problem????????

Answer 1

hi
i compiled my tag handler class and stored the Source and class files in the WEB-INF\classes directory.
i created a descriptor file and saved it in WEB-INF\jsp directory.
i placed my jsp file in the jsp-examples folder.
then i started the server and executed the jsp file.
that time i was encountered with the following error.
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: File "/Custom/csajsp-taglib.tld" not found
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:94)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:404)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:154)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.<init>(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:202)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:458)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:523)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1577)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:171)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:258)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:139)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:237)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:456)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439)
     org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:553)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:291)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:301)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:248)
     javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Tomcat logs.
can you help me???????????????????