Hello, I've been trying to follow the "Jasper 2 JSP How To" located at
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/jasper-howto.html to compile a sample JSP, but I'm running into the error BUILD FAILED E:\workspace\progsoftware\trunk\source\jasper\build.xml:5: taskdef A class needed by class org.apache.jasper.JspC cannot be found: javax/servlet/ServletException I'm using the ant script provided in the Howto as-is. For the JSP, "process.jsp" I use <html> <head></head> <body> Jasper </body> </html> since this is only an educational demo. I do not think the problem is with the JSP since the error occurs on line 5, which is a taskdef that does not mention the jsp. My setup is Windows XP SP2, Tomcat 5.5.15 (I also tested with 5.5.12 with the same result), and Ant 1.6.5. The Tomcat distributions I used were the Windows binaries with installers. My command line, adapted from the Howto, is ant -Dtomcat.home="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5" -Dwebapp.path=E:\workspace\progsoftware\trunk\source\jasper webapp.path is the working directory, target directory, and source directory, since I want to keep things as simple as possible while getting everything working correctly. To make sure the path are set up correctly, here are some directory listings. --------- BEGIN ------------ C:\apache-ant-1.6.5>dir "\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5" Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 44F4-7BC8 Directory of C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> . 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> .. 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> bin 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> common 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> conf 01/03/2006 09:13 AM 11,558 LICENSE 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> logs 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> server 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> shared 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> temp 01/03/2006 09:14 AM 21,630 tomcat.ico 01/31/2006 08:34 PM 66,726 Uninstall.exe 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> webapps 01/31/2006 08:34 PM <DIR> work 3 File(s) 99,914 bytes 11 Dir(s) 7,737,454,592 bytes free C:\apache-ant-1.6.5>dir \apache-ant-1.6.5 Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 44F4-7BC8 Directory of C:\apache-ant-1.6.5 11/05/2005 06:49 PM <DIR> . 11/05/2005 06:49 PM <DIR> .. 11/05/2005 06:49 PM <DIR> bin 11/05/2005 06:49 PM <DIR> docs 11/05/2005 06:49 PM <DIR> etc 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 126 INSTALL 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 17,191 KEYS 01/31/2006 06:04 PM <DIR> lib 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 11,766 LICENSE 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 3,356 LICENSE.dom 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 677 LICENSE.sax 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 2,698 LICENSE.xerces 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 747 NOTICE 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 2,657 README 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 289 TODO 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 18,478 welcome.html 06/02/2005 03:15 PM 109,297 WHATSNEW 11 File(s) 167,282 bytes 6 Dir(s) 7,737,425,920 bytes free --------- END ------------ I've tried the following so far 1) reverting to an older version of Tomcat, as mentioned above. 2) several Google searches, including "servletexception jasper2", but no dice 3) rewriting the build script, based on a forum discussion at http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Web_Languages/JSP/Q_21567260.html, although I embellished a bit: --------- BEGIN ------------ <project name="Webapp Precompilation" default="jspc" basedir="."> <property name="ant.lib" location="C:/apache-ant-1.6.5/lib"/> <property name="tomcat.home" location="C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Tomcat 5.5"/> <property name="jdk.tools" location="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.5.0_06/lib/tools.jar"/> <property name="jasper.compiler" location="${ant.lib}/jasper-compiler.jar"/> <property name="jasper.runtime" location="${ant.lib}/jasper-runtime.jar"/> <property name="servlet.api" location="${tomcat.home}/common/lib/servlet-api.jar"/> <echo message="${jasper.compiler}"/> <echo message="${servlet.api}"/> <echo message="${jdk.tools}"/> <path id="classpath"> <pathelement location="${jdk.javac.path}"/> <pathelement location="${jasper.compiler}"/> <pathelement location="${jasper.runtime}"/> <pathelement location="${servlet.api}"/> </path> <taskdef classname="org.apache.jasper.JspC" name="jasper2"> <classpath refid="classpath" /> </taskdef> <target name="jspc"> <classpath refid="classpath" /> <jasper2 validateXml="false" uriroot="." webXmlFragment="./generated_web.xml" outputDir="." /> </target> </project> --------- END ------------ Olinga K. Abbott --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
