JSP Validator gives errors if scriptlets are used

[mrobin21]

Hello All,

I have just installed Eclipse Gallileo and the JBOSS Eclipse toolkit, and imported my Struts 1.2 project, which is fully functional and works fine without the JBOSS Eclipse toolkit.

No Errors are reported in the 'Problems' view, but I get errors when I attempt to run my website.  When I view the JSP code in question, I see errors such as:

Syntax error on token(s), misplaced construct(s) on the word 'function' in a <script> tag within the JSP:

<script type="test/javascript">

<!--

function showLocation<%= location %>Banners() {

...

</script>

As you can see, the function name includes a scriptlet tag whereby the name includes the content of the location variable, which is created using a bean:define tag:

<bean:define id="location" name="banner:location" scope="request" type="java.lang.String" />

Once I remove the <%= location %> tag from the function name, the error goes away.

How may I configure the validator to correctly parse this file?

Kind regards,

Matt.

[akazakov]

Do you see this problem marker in JSP Editor or in runtime?

[mrobin21]

Hi Alexey.

In the JSP Editor.  The JSP seems to run OK.  The errors I get when I run the site I think are caused by another issue whereby the Tiles Plugin isn't starting up and so the Tiles Controller behind the JSP is not being invoked so a required request attribute is not present.

I have requested help for the Tiles Plugin problem in another discussion.

[akazakov]

This error marker is genareted by JavaScript Syntax Validator (Eclipse WTP). You can try to disable it via Project->Properties->Validation->JavaScript Syntax Validator.

JBoss Tools doesn't add such markers and doesn't validate JavaScript at all. If this desn't help then please report this issue to https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/

[mrobin21]

Thanks Alexey,

There is no 'JavaScript Syntax Validator' under Project->Properties->Validation. Just 'JSP Syntax', which I turned off to no effect.  The only other Validators in that section are 'HTML Syntax' and 'XSLT Validation'.  There is an entry under Project->Properties->JavaScript called 'Validation', which is already turned off.

I'll lodge my details to bugs.eclipse.org.

Kind Regards,

Matt.

[mrobin21]

Sorry about the delay in replying.  Problem was solved by re-creating the project from scratch.