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calling a method in jsp

Valarie Brandt

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posted 12 years ago

hi all,

please help me on this---- I keep getting the error type expected on this line: <%! propManager.getProperty("projectDesc") %>
i have tried it with a semicolon after the paren and got the same message.

here is the rest of my code

Sonny Gill

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posted 12 years ago

Try

I guess that you are just trying to get familiar with JSP's. In general, having methods in JSP's turns into a maintenance nightmare. You should do all your processing in normal Java classes, and use JSP's only to display the data.

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vinoth khanna

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posted 12 years ago

Hi,
The line
<%! propManager.getProperty("projectDesc") %>
contanins the fundamental syntax error.

THe <%! .. %> is declaration tag for JSP.That why
Try <%= .. %> it will work.

Thanx.
Vinod

Thanx and Regards,<br />Vinod

Logan Owen

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posted 12 years ago

The <%= %> tags only work to print out a string that is returned by the code betweent them. This is the same as writing the code:

Bear Bibeault

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posted 12 years ago

The <%= %> tags only work to print out a string that is returned by the code betweent them.

I believe that was the intent of the poster.

And, it doesn't have to be a string; the expression within the delimiters can return any class or primitive. In the case that a class is returned, the toString() method is called on the class to determine the value to emit.

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