compiler is not detecting packages..

[abhijeet_pcl]

My file is-
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT\TagTest\WEB-INF\classes\ExamplTag.java:

import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;

public class ExampleTag extends TagSupport
{
public int doStartTag()
{ try
{
JspWriter out=pageContext.getOut();
out.print("Custom tag example "+" (ExampleTag) ");
}catch(IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("Error in ExampleTag: "+ ioe);
}
return(SKIP_BODY);
}
}
------------------------------------------------------
On compiling:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT\TagTest\WEB-
INF\classes>javac ExampleTag.java
following errors are:
ExampleTag.java:2: package javax.servlet.jsp does not exist
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
^
ExampleTag.java:3: package javax.servlet.jsp.tagext does not exist
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;
^
ExampleTag.java:6: cannot find symbol
symbol: class TagSupport
public class ExampleTag extends TagSupport
^
ExampleTag.java cannot find symbol
symbol : class JspWriter
location: class ExampleTag
JspWriter out=pageContext.getOut();
^
ExampleTag.java cannot find symbol
symbol : variable pageContext
location: class ExampleTag
JspWriter out=pageContext.getOut();
^
ExampleTag.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable SKIP_BODY
location: class ExampleTag
return(SKIP_BODY);
^
ExampleTag.java:16: illegal start of type
return(SKIP_BODY);
^
7 errors


Whats wrong in that???

[sk_kireeti]

What is your class path? please cross verify it once again...

[abhijeet_pcl]

My class path is:
"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\common\lib\servlet-api.jar"

[t_mohan]

Hi Abhijeet,

Please remove you testApplication from the ROOT folder and place it in the webapps folder, i,e one level up. And also check in you application's classes folder for the servlet-api.jar , if found remove it from your application's classes folder, there should be only one servlet-api.jar in the tomcat folder only.The servlet specification fails over here.

Please try these steps and let me know , if u still get the error pls give me a full stack trace, i'll let u know

Thank You