[%@ attribute name="class" required="false" %] causes failure

[Matt Raible]

If I use <%@ attribute name="class" required="false" %> in a JSP Tag file, it results in a blank page and the following error in my Tomcat console:

Aug 24, 2007 10:25:09 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader loadClass
INFO: Illegal access: this web application instance has been stopped already (the eventual
 following stack trace is caused by an error thrown for debugging purposes as well as 
to attempt to terminate the thread which caused the illegal access, and has no functional impact)

Any idea why? Change the attribute to "cssClass" works, but "class" is much more intuitive for web developers using my tag.

As a workaround, I can use dynamic-attributes. I'm just curious if this issue is documented anywhere or I'm just doing something wrong.

Thanks,

Matt
[ August 24, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Bear Bibeault]

I suspect that Tomcat could be dealing with the problem a bit better, but using an attribute or property name of class is going to get you in all sorts of trouble with conflicts with the getClass() method of Object.

In similar situations, I've used styleClass, but cssClass should work as well.
[ August 24, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]