Problems declaring a function in JSP with Tomcat 5

[Neil]

I have previosuly written a jsp page that used the syntax <%! to
declare some functions and it has worked fine in the past. I have got
a new computer and put Tomcat 5.0.29 on and now the pages don't work,
it gives the error:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

An error occurred at line: 108 in the jsp file: /index.jsp
Generated servlet error:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.0\work\Catalina\localhost\_\org\apache\jsp\index_jsp.java:132: ')'
expected
{
^
The corresponding line in the code is:

<%!
public TreeNode buildTree(ResultSet results, TreeNode root, String
root)
{

I have removed the <%! blocks but then it gives me more errors about
unexpected declaration, it wants to see a ;

Has something changed in the spec about these kinds of declarations?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Heiner Kücker]

Neil wrote

I have previosuly written a jsp page that used the syntax <%! to
declare some functions and it has worked fine in the past. I have got
a new computer and put Tomcat 5.0.29 on and now the pages don't work,
it gives the error:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

An error occurred at line: 108 in the jsp file: /index.jsp
Generated servlet error:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.0\work\Catalina\localhost\_\org\apache\jsp\index_jsp.java:132: ')'
expected
{
^
The corresponding line in the code is:

<%!
public TreeNode buildTree(ResultSet results, TreeNode root, String
root)
{

I have removed the <%! blocks but then it gives me more errors about
unexpected declaration, it wants to see a ;

Has something changed in the spec about these kinds of declarations?

The <%! sequence meant, the code is included in the class level in the jsp class:

puclic class jsp_xxxx {

-- your code ---

Must be code for sitting in the class declaration,
an variable or const declaration or an method.

The <% sequence meant, the code is included in the class level in the jsp class:

puclic class jsp_xxxx {

public void jspService() {

-- your code ---

Must be code for running in the jspService method.

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