JSP with Visual Age integrator

Question

Using the public beta of WA Integrator for WL 5.1, I was able to use all the
feature of WL, except JSP. Infact, WL compile them using jspc, but then,
when execute javac as an external process, cannot compile them into class
file because javac can't see VA Workspace classes.
I tried to use javac as a class, with whe compilerclass property of the JSP
servlet, but this doesn't work fine (the same problem, can't see workspace's
classes).
Where is the mistake ?
Ing. Luca Masini
Software Engineer
Gruppo Monetica e Servizi
Area Internet Professional
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Answer 1

IBMs VAJ does not provide you with a JSP designer, but it does let you run JSPs under WebSPhere test environment.
Go to the folder
IBM/VisualAge For Java/ide/project_resources/IBM WebSphere Test Environment/hosts/default_hosts/default_app/webThis is the root directory for putting JSPs. If you make a directory called myjsps in here, and put myJsp.jsp in the directory then when you start the servlet engine of the WebShpere test environment you can put
"http://localhost:8080/myjsps/myJsp.jsp"in the URL and your JSP will be compiled into a servlet in the "JSP Page Compile Generated Code" project. You can enter JSP Execution Monitor options (in the WTE ControlCenter), which will bring up a split pane with the JSP on one side, and the compiled Java on the other and will allow you to debug the JSP.
You are a bit shafted if VAJ was unable to compile your JSP into a servlet - as you get no information on what exactly about the JSP is causing the problem. However, this is all integrated into the debugging environment so you can completely debug the servlet and any Java code it calls.
If you don't know about the WTE then let me know, but I'm assuming that you do.