javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Cannot find bean locationList in any scope

[John Zwick]

Hi,

I am receiving this exception on my portlet when I click on the submit button on the form. index.jsp loads fine and is able to render locationList using <bean:write name="locationList"/>. I have tried to figure this out for days with no luck, I was hoping some of you can find something that I am not seeing.

The exception:
SRVE0068E: Uncaught exception thrown in one of the service methods of the servlet: SPSInventory Portlet.
Exception thrown : javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.portlet.PortletException: javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Cannot find bean locationList in any scope
at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServlet.doDispatch(PortletServlet.java:361)
at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:82)
at com.ibm.isclite.container.collaborator.PortletServletCollaborator.doDispatch(PortletServletCollaborator.java:124)

Here is the main body in index.jsp:

<div align="center"><html:form focus="stock_id"
	action="/searchInventory">
	<TABLE border="0">
		<TBODY>
			<TR>
				<TH>Location</TH>
				<TD><html:select property="location" size="1"
					styleId="location">
					<html:options collection="locationList" property="name" />
				</html:select></TD>
			</TR>
			<TR>
				<TH>Client Id</TH>
				<TD><html:select property="client_id" size="1">
					<html:options collection="clientList" property="name" />
				</html:select></TD>
			</TR>
			<TR>
				<TH>Stock Id</TH>
				<TD><html:text property="stock_id" styleId="field1"
					onfocus="field1.select()" onblur="setFocus()" /></TD>
			</TR>
			<TR>
				<TD><html:submit property="submit" value="Submit" /></TD>
				<TD><html:reset /></TD>
			</TR>
		</TBODY>
	</TABLE>
	<BR></BR>
</html:form></div>

Here is part of my struts-config file:

	<!-- Form Beans -->
	<form-beans>
		<form-bean name="requestFormBean" type="com.chase.adf.cpcinventory.forms.RequestFormBean">
		</form-bean>
	</form-beans>

      <!-- Global Forwards -->
	<global-forwards>
		<forward name="getSearch" path="/getSearch.do" />
		<forward name="backToList" path="/summaryResults.jsp" />
	</global-forwards>

	<!-- Action Mappings -->
	<action-mappings>
		<action name="requestFormBean" path="/searchInventory" scope="session" type="com.chase.adf.cpcinventory.actions.SearchInventoryAction">
			<forward name="success" path="/result.jsp">
			</forward>
			<forward contextRelative="false" name="failure" path="/failure.jsp">
			</forward>
			<forward contextRelative="false" name="noResultsFound" path="/noResults.jsp">
			</forward>
			<forward contextRelative="false" name="multipleResultsFound" path="/summaryResults.jsp">
			</forward>
		</action>
		<action name="requestFormBean" path="/getSearch" scope="session" type="com.chase.adf.cpcinventory.actions.GetSearchAction">
			<forward name="failure" path="/failure.jsp">
			</forward>
			<forward name="success" path="/index.jsp">
			</forward>
		</action>
	</action-mappings>

In my action class, I store the locationList into a RenderRequest object:

...
log.info("Get Connection ");
conn = ADFDAOUtil.getConnection(getDataSource(request));
dao = new CPCInventoryDAO(conn);
ArrayList locList = dao.getLocations(mode);
request.setAttribute("locationList", locList);
...

[Chris Boldon]

I wasn't aware that Struts tags could grab objects off the request attribute. I was always under the impression that it had to be set on the form.