Using getProperty in JSPs

[riddler3479]

I cannot get the jsp:getProperty to work with JBoss. I have tried using the Jetty Distribution and the Tomcat distribution, but neither one will display the value.

If I change the getProperty tags to scriptlets, the value will be displayed.

Is this a bug or do I need to change a setting somewhere?

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this example will not work:
<jsp:useBean id="today" class="java.util.Date" />

<jsp:getProperty name="today" property="date" />
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this example will work:
<jsp:useBean id="today" class="java.util.Date" />

<%= today.getDate() %>
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Any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks-

[jonlee]

The Tomcat mailikng list does describe a situation where the values are not retrieved using the jsp tags and scriptlets correctly retrieve the data. See http://archives.real-time.com/rte-tomcat/2000/Jun/msg00984.html.

The best way to determine the difference in operations is to look at the .java source created from your JSP and look at the Java code. I haven't checked this yet but it would be the best way to determine why the methods are different.