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Bug 236991

Summary: JSP parser can't find tagPlugins classes
Product: javaee Reporter: PavelCibulka
Component: JSP ParserAssignee: issues@javaee <issues>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 8.0   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: DEFECT Exception Reporter:

Description PavelCibulka 2013-10-10 14:04:35 UTC
This is NetBeans JSP parser problem. Project will run fine. Netbeans display ClassNotFoundException, if custom tag plugins are used for JSP compilation (WEB-INF/tagPlugins.xml). If Glassfish tag plugins are used, NetBeans works fine.

How to reproduce:
1. Create new web project.
2. Add tomcat-jasper library (or other library with tag plugin class).
3. Add tagPlugins.xml file into WEB-INF:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<tag-plugins>
    <tag-plugin>
        <tag-class>org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.rt.core.IfTag</tag-class>
        <plugin-class>org.apache.jasper.tagplugins.jstl.core.If</plugin-class>
    </tag-plugin>
</tag-plugins>
4. Open jsp file.

You will get error:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.jasper.tagplugins.jstl.core.If

It seems like jsp parser, which is based on Glassfish, doesn't use project libraries.
Comment 1 PavelCibulka 2014-03-20 09:32:10 UTC
I have done some more research today. Still present in 8.0. This can be fixed.

Suggested fix:
In org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagPluginManager class package glassfish-jsp-parser-4.0.

change:
Class.forName(pluginClassStr).asSubclass(TagPlugin.class);

to:
ctxt.getClassLoader().loadClass(pluginClassStr).asSubclass(TagPlugin.class);



More info:
This change enable usage of tag plugins extensions from project. This should be fixed in Glassfish javax.servlet.jsp package too. Similar problem has been solved in tomcat 7.0.42 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54964.
Comment 2 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 08:52:58 UTC
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss