Method in JSP

[wwworg]

Hey guys

I am very new to JSP. I wanted to declare a method in JSP code, but its giving me an error. Error is

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP.
An error occurred at line: 76 in the jsp file: /jsp/test20.jsp
Generated servlet error:
Unhandled exception type ParseException

and the code is

<code>

<%!
public String changeDateFormat(String str){
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy");
java.util.Date tDate = new java.util.Date();
tDate = df.parse(str);
df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
String date1 = df.format(tDate).toUpperCase();
return date1;
}
%>
<%
String theDate;
theDate = changeDateFormat(goodDate);
%>

</code>

its giving me error in line 76 which is the line that contains "<%!". Any thoughts on how to fix this???

 

[sedj]

LMAO ! I've seen that code for parsing dates before, and you didn't even say thankyou in the other thread. Some might consider that rude ... but never mind eh ?

Anyway, your code either needs to swallow java.text.ParseException, or throw it out to the calling code - eg :

    public String changeDateFormat(String str){
        try {
           SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy");
           java.util.Date tDate = new java.util.Date();
           tDate = df.parse(str);
           df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
           String date1 = df.format(tDate).toUpperCase();
           return date1;
         } catch (java.text.ParseException pe) {

             //handle error
         }
          return null;
   }

or

public String changeDateFormat(String str) throws java.text.ParseException {

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[wwworg]

Sorry man.

I should have thanked you. I find this a great way to learn new stuff. You guys are just awesome.

Thx