Doubt in jsp:attribute

[Srividhya Kiran]

Hello Ranchers

I have doubt in custom tag handler. I am going through HFSJ book. In chapter 9 its given that even if the <body-content>empty</body-content> we can have <jsp:attribute> but I am getting an error saying this tag cannot include body content and missing required attribute "user".

test.tld:

<tag>
<description>random advice</description>
<name>advice</name>
<tag-class>foo.AdvisorTagHandler</tag-class>
<body-content>empty</body-content>

<attribute>
<name>user</name>
<required>true</required>
<rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
</attribute>
</tag>

index.jsp:

<mine:advice> 
<jsp:attribute name="user">${userName}</jsp:attribute>>
</mine:advice>
 

Thanks
Srividhya

[Jan Sterk]

Note that you have one '>' too much in the attribute closing tag. Dunno if that's the cause..

[Ganesh Dhakshinamurthy]

The extra '>' is considered as a body content and the EL ${username} evaluates to null. I guess this is the reason you are getting the error.