Java bean error message

[Michael Crutcher]

Here's the java bean:

 public class NewBean extends Object implements java.io.Serializable {
    /** Creates new SampleBean */
    public NewBean() {
    }
    public String getProperty() { return "first property"; }    
  
    private String getProperty2() {return "second property";}
} 

Within a jsp file the bean is referenced:

<jsp:useBean id="listBoxes" scope="page" class="listbox.NewBean"/>  

This works:

 <jsp:getProperty name="listBoxes" property= "property" /> 

This doesn't:

 <jsp:getProperty name="listBoxes" property= "property2" /> 

I get this message back:
Cannot find any information on property 'property2' in a bean of type 'NewBean'
What the heck is going on here? The recognition of properties seems completely arbitrary.
I've tried all of these things:
1. Changing case on both sides (jsp/bean)
2. Stopping and restarting tomcat
3. Recompiling the bean
4. Providing the property as an instance variable
5. Not providing the property as an instance variable
6. Providing both get and set methods
7. Providing only a get method
All of these seem to have absolutely no effect. Tomcat just randomly decides that it's going to find a property or not.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael Crutcher

[Lon Allen]

property and property2 are supposed to be private instances variables in your bean. Typically:

private String property = "";
private String property2 = "";

You are referencing bean properties in your JSP that do not exist in the bean.
The following will work:

public class NewBean {
  private String property  = "";
  private String property2 = "";
    
  /** Creates new SampleBean */    
  public NewBean() {}    

  public String getProperty() { 
    return property; 
  }          

  public String getProperty2() {
    return property2;
  }
  
  public void setProperty(String newValue) { 
    if(newValue!=null){
      property = newValue; 
    }
  }          
  public void getProperty2(String newValue) {
    if(newValue!=null){
      property2 = newValue;
    }
  }
} 

I have all my beans like this and have never had a problem accessing any of the properties in them.
Be sure and associate all properties with input variables via:
<jsp:setProperty name="listboxes" property="*" />
Don't forget that you can also access the properties in a bean via the public methods you created.
Example:
<%= listboxes.getProperty() %>
<% out.print(listboxes.getProperty2()); %>
hth,
Lon Allen
[ November 04, 2002: Message edited by: Lon Allen ]
[ November 04, 2002: Message edited by: Lon Allen ]
[ November 05, 2002: Message edited by: Lon Allen ]
[ November 05, 2002: Message edited by: Lon Allen ]

[Michael Crutcher]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately as mentioned:

4. Providing the property as an instance variable
5. Not providing the property as an instance variable
6. Providing both get and set methods
7. Providing only a get method

I've tried what you've suggested. Your suggestion also doesn't help explain why two properties defined within the bean in exactly the same way are treated differently by the jsp engine. By this I mean the get property call on property one succeeds, then why in the heck does the get property call on property2 succeed? The syntax is exactly the same.
This is extrodinarily frustrating. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Is this a bug in tomcat?
Michael Crutcher

[Bear Bibeault]

Pardon me if I'm missing something, but how do you expect the JSP servlet to have access to the accessor of Property2 if you have it declared private?
bear

[Lon Allen]

My bad! Oversite... meant to change it to coderanch. Cut-n-paste will get you in trouble. I knew that there was something else I had wanted to mention to the original poster: "You need to change the getProperty2() method to public".
Thanks for catching that Bear.

Lon
[ November 05, 2002: Message edited by: Lon Allen ]