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Custom action attribute of type Object does not accept literal string value

           Summary: Custom action attribute of type Object does not accept
                    literal string value
           Product: Tomcat 4
           Version: 4.0 Release Candidate 2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Blocker
          Priority: Other
         Component: Jasper
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


JSP 1.2 adds a new conversion rule for literal string to Object, but Jasper 
generates invalid code for this case. For instance, a custom action tag handler 
with this setter method:

  public void setItems(Object o)

use like this in a JSP page:

  <demo:myTag items="foo" />

results in code like this:

  _jspx_th_pe_myTag_1.setItems(new String(foo));

This, in turn, leads to a compilation error since there's no String named "foo".

The correct code should be like:

  _jspx_th_pe_myTag_1.setItems("foo");