Re: [iPlanet-JATO] sp3 jsp compiler problem

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Weiguo,
First, Matt is correct, the regular expression tool is perfect for general text
substitution situations, and as a completely independent tool its use is not
restricted to migration situations (or file types for that matter).
Second, I sympathize with the unfortunate trouble you are experiencing due to
Jasper's (perhaps more strict) compilation, but in what way did the iMT
automated translation contribute to these inconsistencies that you cited?
1. Changed the case of the tag attribute to be the same as what's
defined in tld.
example: changed OnClick to onClick
The iMT does not generate any OnClick or onClick clauses per se. In a
translation situation, the only way "OnClick" would have been introduced was if
it had been part of the pre-existing project's "extraHTML" (which was written
by the original customer and just passed through unchanged by the iMT) or if it
was added manually by the post-migration developer.
2. Removed attributes which are not defined in tld.
example: escape attribute only defined in three tags
but in some pages, it's used although it's not defined as an
attribute
of certain tags. The jasper compiler doesn't like it.Can you give soem examples? Is there a definite pattern? Again, this might be
similar to the OnClick situation described above?
3. In an end tag, there can't be any space.
example: </content > doesn't work. </content> works.
Again, the content tag would never have been generated by the iMT. There was no
equivalent in the NetDynamics world, so any content tags in your code must have
been introduced by your developers manually. Its a shame that jasper is so
particular, but the iMT could not help you out here even if we wanted to. The
constants that are used by the iMT are defined in
com.iplanet.moko.jsp.convert.JspConversionConstants. From what I can see, the
only situation of a closing tag with any space in it is
public static final String CLOSE_EMPTY_ELEMENT = " />";
But that should not cause the type of problem you are referring to.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Stevens
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:16 AM
Subject: RE: [iPlanet-JATO] sp3 jsp compiler problem
Weiguo,
Others will chime in for sure...I would highly recommend the Regex Tool from
the iMT 1.1.1 for tackling this type of problem. Mike, Todd and myself have
posted to the group (even recently) on directions and advantages of creating
your own RULES (rules file) in XML for arbitary batch processing of source.
matt
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: [iPlanet-JATO] sp3 jsp compiler problem
Matt/Mike/Todd,
We are trying to migrate to sp3 right now, but have had a lot of
issues with the new jasper compiler.
The following workaround has been employed to solve the issues:
1. Changed the case of the tag attribute to be the same as what's
defined in tld.
example: changed OnClick to onClick
2. Removed attributes which are not defined in tld.
example: escape attribute only defined in three tags
but in some pages, it's used although it's not defined as an
attribute
of certain tags. The jasper compiler doesn't like it.
3. In an end tag, there can't be any space.
example: </content > doesn't work. </content> works.
As I see it, we have two options to go about solving this problem:
1. Write a script which will iterate through all the jsp files and
call jspc on them. Fix the errors manually when jspc fails. Jspc will
flag the line number where an error occurs.
2. Write a utility which scans the jsp files and fix the errors when
they are encountered. We should define what's an error and how to
correct it. It's best if we combine this with solution 1 since we
might miss an error condition.
Actually, there might be another option, which is seeking help from
you guys since you have better understanding of JATO and iAS. Can you
do anything to help us?
We would be happy to hear your thoughts.
At last, I would like to suggest modifying the moko tool so that
these rules are enforced and the generated JSPs work with the new
compiler. This is for the benefit of any new migration projects.
Thanks a lot.
Weiguo
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Answer 1

Thanks a lot Matt and Mike for your prompt replies.
I agree completely that iMT doesn't introduce the inconsistencies.
About the three cases I mentioned, the third one happens only in
manually created JSPs. So it has nothing to do with iMT. The first
two are mainly due to the existing HTML code, as you rightly pointed
out.
The reason I made the suggestion is since we know that case 1 and 2
won't pass the japser compiler in sp3, we have to do something about
it. The best place to do this, in my mind, is iMT. Of course, there
might be some twists that make it impossible or difficult to do this
kind of case manipulation or attribute discard.
Weiguo
--- In iPlanet-JATO@y..., "Mike Frisino" <Michael.Frisino@S...> wrote:
Weiguo,
First, Matt is correct, the regular expression tool is perfect for general text substitution situations, and as a completely independent
tool its use is not restricted to migration situations (or file types
for that matter).
>
Second, I sympathize with the unfortunate trouble you are experiencing due to Jasper's (perhaps more strict) compilation, but
in what way did the iMT automated translation contribute to these
inconsistencies that you cited?
>
1. Changed the case of the tag attribute to be the same as what's
defined in tld.
example: changed OnClick to onClick
The iMT does not generate any OnClick or onClick clauses per se. In a translation situation, the only way "OnClick" would have been
introduced was if it had been part of the pre-existing
project's "extraHTML" (which was written by the original customer and
just passed through unchanged by the iMT) or if it was added manually
by the post-migration developer.
>
2. Removed attributes which are not defined in tld.
example: escape attribute only defined in three tags
but in some pages, it's used although it's not defined as an
attribute
of certain tags. The jasper compiler doesn't like it.Can you give soem examples? Is there a definite pattern? Again, this might be similar to the OnClick situation described above?
>
>
3. In an end tag, there can't be any space.
example: </content > doesn't work. </content> works.
Again, the content tag would never have been generated by the iMT. There was no equivalent in the NetDynamics world, so any content tags
in your code must have been introduced by your developers manually.
Its a shame that jasper is so particular, but the iMT could not help
you out here even if we wanted to. The constants that are used by the
iMT are defined in
com.iplanet.moko.jsp.convert.JspConversionConstants. From what I can
see, the only situation of a closing tag with any space in it is
public static final String CLOSE_EMPTY_ELEMENT = " />";
But that should not cause the type of problem you are referring to.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Stevens
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:16 AM
Subject: RE: [iPlanet-JATO] sp3 jsp compiler problem
Weiguo,
Others will chime in for sure...I would highly recommend the Regex Tool from
the iMT 1.1.1 for tackling this type of problem. Mike, Todd and myself have
posted to the group (even recently) on directions and advantages of creating
your own RULES (rules file) in XML for arbitary batch processing of source.
>
matt
-----Original Message-----
From: weiguo.wang@b...
[mailto:<a href="/group/SunONE-JATO/post?protectID=125056020108194190033029175101192165174048139046">weiguo.wang@b...</a>]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: [iPlanet-JATO] sp3 jsp compiler problem
Matt/Mike/Todd,
We are trying to migrate to sp3 right now, but have had a lot of
issues with the new jasper compiler.
The following workaround has been employed to solve the issues:
1. Changed the case of the tag attribute to be the same as
what's
defined in tld.
example: changed OnClick to onClick
2. Removed attributes which are not defined in tld.
example: escape attribute only defined in three tags
but in some pages, it's used although it's not defined as an
attribute
of certain tags. The jasper compiler doesn't like it.
3. In an end tag, there can't be any space.
example: </content > doesn't work. </content> works.
As I see it, we have two options to go about solving this problem:
>>
1. Write a script which will iterate through all the jsp files and
call jspc on them. Fix the errors manually when jspc fails. Jspc will
flag the line number where an error occurs.
2. Write a utility which scans the jsp files and fix the errors when
they are encountered. We should define what's an error and how to
correct it. It's best if we combine this with solution 1 since we
might miss an error condition.
Actually, there might be another option, which is seeking help from
you guys since you have better understanding of JATO and iAS. Can you
do anything to help us?
We would be happy to hear your thoughts.
At last, I would like to suggest modifying the moko tool so that
these rules are enforced and the generated JSPs work with the new
compiler. This is for the benefit of any new migration projects.
Thanks a lot.
Weiguo
[email protected]
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