Headache over TLD file

Question

I'm defining a function in a TLD file, and it's giving me a headache with the following error:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Method "search" for function "search" not found in class "searchtool.SearchFunction"In Tomcat 6.0.18. The error showed up when I attempted to add an array of Strings as a parameter to the function, both in the TLD and in the SearchFunction object. Note I was able to make it work with no problem when just using a String as a parameter. I've done this several times now can I can't help but think I'm doing it right. I'm left to assume my definition of the function in the TLD, or my array syntax, is off. This is the function definition:
<function>
        <name>search</name>
        <function-class>
            searchtool.SearchFunction
        </function-class>
        <function-signature>
            java.lang.String search(
                searchtool.SearchBean,
                java.lang.String, java.lang.String[])
        </function-signature>
    </function>And the SearchFunction Object:
public class SearchFunction {
    public static String search(SearchBean object,
            String text,  java.lang.String[] returnFields) {
        return object.search(text, returnFields);
}Any help would be appreciated, and if you need any more information just let me know.
Edited by: thefil on Apr 29, 2009 12:06 PM

Answer 1

I still say use .tag files as in JSP2.0.
Put it under the /WEB-INF/tlds/ directory
then
<%@taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tlds/Sample.tld" prefix="samp"%>
Tip:
Depending on which Netbeans you using, you should have the auto-complete functionality.
Inside the uri="" or tagdir="" press ctrl+space this should give you a list of all available files.