tomcat with EL 2.2 (managedbean)

[feres]

Hello everyone,

While using ManagedBean and more specifically in the methods, parameter passing is not allowed with the EL (expression language) at the HMI:

<h: commandButton id = "testButton" value = "Test Button"
actionListener = "# {testBean.someMethod ('someString')}" />

level ManagedBean
public void someMethod (String param) {
System.out.println ("param:" + param);
}

But from the EL version 2.2, you can pass a parameter to a method in a ManagedBean.

The problem is that Tomcat does not allow this. I found a solution that speaks of the jar el-impl-2.2.jar but I can not put in place.

Could someone tell me how to make Tomcat uses this jar?

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[cPanelKevinS]

Hi feres,

While I don't have a confirmed solution for you, here's something you might try:

Bring down Tomcat, and move or rename the commons-el.jar file in /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/common/lib; and drop your el-impl-2.2.jar into the same directory. You may also need el-api-2.2.jar in the same directory.

You might have a look at this Stack Overflow page for further ideas. Just keep in mind that they are using Tomcat 6, which stores libraries in $CATALINA_HOME/lib; the Tomcat 5.5 equivalent would be $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib.

While it may not help with your immediate problem, we are currently working on supporting Tomcat 7, which includes support for EL 2.2.

 

[Infopro]

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While it may not help with your immediate problem, we are currently working on supporting Tomcat 7, which includes support for EL 2.2.
...

Related Blog post:
EasyApache and Tomcat 7 - cPanel Blog

 

[ScottTh]

Related Blog post:
EasyApache and Tomcat 7 - cPanel Blog

Hi feres,

Infopro posted a link to our blog post about implementing Tomcat 7 in EasyApache which discusses our interest in working with customers to learn about their Tomcat 5.5 setups. Discussing Tomcat 5.5 setups will help us greatly with our Tomcat 7 development and testing. Please let us know if you would like to discuss your Tomcat infrastructure!

I also hope that Kevin's suggestion above helps to resolve the issue you're currently experiencing with Tomcat

Thank you,

 

[tizoo]

Hi !

A request that we see regularly from customers, is to have tomcat process more than /servlets/* and /*.jsp.

It would be nice if the customers could manage the mappings themselves.

Thanks for your work !
Kind regards,
Florian

 

[ScottTh]

Hi Florian,

In order to best help you out the EasyApache team is wondering if you are currently able to deploy WAR files? Deploying WAR files should allow users to specify the URL-to-servlet mapping if that is in fact the issue. Please let us know if that helps at all and if you have any additional questions.

Also feel free to submit a Feature Request which can be voted on by the cPanel&WHM community. That's a great place to find out if other EasyApache users are looking for the same kind of Tomcat functionality you are: cPanel Feature Requests

Thank you!