Hi venko,

I appear to have hit the same problem (JBoss 3.0.8, petstore 1.1.2).
InsertTag:doEndTag caught: org.apache.jasper.compiler.CompileException: /productcategory.jsp(12,0) Unable to find setter method for attribute: numItems

Have you found a solution yet?

Thanks
Martin

I think Jasper cannot handle the nested <%=request.getParameter("category_id")%>. You may have better luck posing this question in the Apache Tomcat mailing-list I believe. But based on some past investigations with similar type constructs, I think that is the problem.

Hi Jon,

I've tried replacing the dynamic category specifier with an static value.

It now reads
<j2ee:productList numItems="4" category="FISH">

but I get the same error :-(

Thanks for the tip though - I'll keep looking.
Have nice day in Australia!

Martin

Did you sanity check the TLD? It has the getter and setter for the attribute and it doesn't have multiple copies with different parameter signatures? Just a thought so you rule out that issue.

Hi Jon,

The tag element for productList looks like this:

productList
com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.petstore.taglib.list.ProductListTag
JSP

A tag that implements a my list, fetching a list from the
ProfileMgrWebImpl bean using the given number of items and starting
index. Should appear only in pages in which the ProfileMgrWebImpl bean
is being used.


<!-- no default -->

numItems
true
true


<!-- default is 1 -->

startIndex
false
true



category
true
true



Previously, I've tried referencing a non existant class in the tld, and I correctly get an error telling me that class can't be found:

InsertTag:doEndTag caught: org.apache.jasper.compiler.CompileException: /productcategory.jsp(13,0) Unable to load class com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.petstore.taglib.list.ProductListTag2

I'm using eclipse as the IDE & I note that it thinks the setNumItems(String) has a default scope (ie scope is package). The outline icon for setNumItems has a littlel green triangle by it. However the declaration looks correct (public). I think this is suspious!!!
Here is the whole file:

/** $Id: ProductListTag.java,v 1.9.4.2 2001/03/15 00:40:10 brydon Exp $
* Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Tous droits r?erv?.
*/

package com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.petstore.taglib.list;

import java.lang.Exception;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Locale;
import com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.shoppingcart.catalog.model.ListChunk;
import com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.petstore.control.web.CatalogWebImpl;
import com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.petstore.util.WebKeys;
import com.sun.j2ee.blueprints.petstore.util.JSPUtil;

/*
* ProductListTag
* ---------
* Extends the list tag. Fetches a list of products for the specified cateogry.
* Should be used in conjunction with ProductAttributeTags.
*/
public class ProductListTag extends ListTag {

private String category = null;
private boolean hasNext = false;

protected void initParamPrefix() {
paramPrefix = "productList_" + category + "_";
}

protected Collection findCollection() throws Exception {
CatalogWebImpl catalog =
(CatalogWebImpl) pageContext.getServletContext().getAttribute(WebKeys.CatalogModelKey);
if (catalog == null) {
return null;
}
Locale locale = JSPUtil.getLocale(pageContext.getSession());
ListChunk prodList = null;
Collection products = null;
prodList = catalog.getProducts(this.category, startIndex-1, numItems, locale);
products = prodList.getCollection();
if ((startIndex -1 + products.size()) < prodList.getTotalCount()) hasNext = true;
else hasNext = false;
return(products);
}

protected boolean needsNextForm() {
return hasNext;
}

public void setCategory(String category) {
this.category = category;
}

// setters (overloaded to fix bug in tomcat)
public void setNumItems(String numItemsStr) {
super.setNumItems(numItemsStr);
}

public void setStartIndex(String startIndexStr) {
super.setNumItems(startIndexStr);
}
}


Also I don't understand how InsertTag (where the expection gets thrown) and ProductListTag are linked.

I'm appreciating your help.

Martin

Just noticed the info for ProductListTag says
A tag that implements a my list, fetching a list from the
ProfileMgrWebImpl bean using the given number of items and starting
index. Should appear only in pages in which the ProfileMgrWebImpl bean
is being used.

I can't see ProfileMgrWebImpl in the parent jsp page

I've tried including productcategory.jsp in this post, but I then get an error posting my reply so here's an attachment hopefully.

Thanks again
Martin

The forums seem to be getting a bit unstable from this end in terms of access so hopefully this will get posted. I would look for an JSP or servlet example with this class being used. I'm not really that familiar with Petstore code, but I'm guessing that the Impl class will need to be imported in the JSP you intend to use it in and you will need to declare the bean. Use the example JSP you find as a guide to how the bean is used and the code required to declare and use it.