Package javax.servlet.jsp does not exist ?? 1

[aas1611]

Hi all,

I tried to compile my java code that has the following codes:

package tags;

import java.util.Date;
import java.utils.DateFormater;
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;

public class jspDate extends Object implements Tag {
...
}

The error message I received after compiling are:

the package javax.servlet.jsp does not exist
the package javax.servlet.jsp.tagext does not exist


I have Java SDK Version 1.3. Does it have anything to do with it? How can I install the javax package, then?


Andre

 

[sedj]

You need to include :

TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib/jsp-api.jar

to your CLASSPATH

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[aas1611]

Hi,

But I don't have jsp-api.jar under my common dir (by the way, the directory is lib/common, not common/lib).

There are only:
connector_util.jar
core_util.jar
etomcat.jar
jasper-runtime.jar
README
servlet.jar
tomcat_core.jar

I've tried to include servlet.jar (I've read from somewhere else) in my CLASSPATH:
C:\Jakarta\jakarta-tomcat-3.3\lib\common\servlet.jar;

But it still does not work. Is there any way to get the right jar?

 

[sedj]

Tomcat 3 is so old its untrue .... I would suggest upgrading to 5.0.* at least (not 5.5.* because that requires JDK 1.5)

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[aas1611]

If I installed Tomcat 5, would my Tomcat 3 still be there or would it erase all my work and settings in Tomcat 3?

 

[sedj]

Tomcat 3 should still be there - just make sure you download the zip or tar.gz rather than the installer.

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[aas1611]

I will give it a try, then.

And there are two kinds of distributions, binary and source code. Which one should I take? What is the difference between these two actually?

Thanks!

Andre

 

[sedj]

One has the source code (which you must compile), the other has compiled code.

Unless you have an overriding desire to look at the source code for Tomcat, I would take the binary distro.

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[aas1611]

I have installed Tomcat 5 from the binary distribution, core code (there are deployer and embedded, too. What are they, by the way?).

Anyway, Tomcat 5 looks different from Tomcat 3. In Tomcat 3, there is an admin function (a form) so that I can add context automatically. I can't find the same function in Tomcat 5, yet. How to add a context in Tomcat 5?

I have to get familiar with it.

Thanks for your hints!

Andre