JSP to Java

Question

hi!
I'm a beginner to jsp, and want to do the following:
- Pass 2 input parameters (name and city) from test.jsp to test.java using <jsp:setproperty ....>
- Use <jsp:getproperty ....>, and get the values (name and city) from test.java
Here's test.jsp:
<%@ page import="java.io.*,testing.test" %>
<jsp:useBean id="obj" class="testing.test" scope="page">
<jsp:setProperty name="obj" property="*" /> Works fine
<jsp:setProperty name="obj" property="name" /> I get an error that "name" is not found in test.java
</jsp:useBean>
<%
String name = request.getParameter("name");
String city = request.getParameter("city");
//out.println("Name :"+ name + "<br>");
//out.println("City :"+ city + "<br>");
String message = obj.getMessage();
out.println("Message from java class :"+ message); // works fine
%>
Here's the test.java:
package testing;
public class test
private String name;
private String city;
public void setName(String name) {
     this.name = name;
public String getName() {
return name;
public void setCity(String city) {
     this.city = city;
public String getCity() {
return city;
public String getMessage()
return "hello again...........";
Please tell me where I'm going wrong.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

There's nothing wrong with this code - I just tested it and it works fine. Any chance that a prior version of the bean did not have a setName() method? Try recompiling testing.test and check that the class file is located where you expect it to be and has the write timestamp.