Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

["GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing" <>]

--On 28 August 2006 16:22 -0500 Monica Crawford 
<>
 wrote:

> Hi Gary,
>
> Thanks so much.  I can run the below w/in the with Weblogic 9.2 and JBoss
> 4.0.2 containers.  I followed the upgrades to accommodate a 2.4 servlet
> spec and 2.0 jsp spec. and made the grouper-el rtexpvalue I also noticed
> that it worked in weblogic when I compiled the files against the
> servlet-api.jar (2.4 jar file).
That's good to hear.
> FYI, the shipped grouper-ui, it works as is under a 2.3/1/1 servlet
> spec/jsp spec for JBoss 4.0.2 but not for Weblogic 9.X. BEA says the
> issue w/ struts-el and WL 9.X is solvable only if you upgrade to 2.4.
There are moves afoot to see if Grouper (and Signet) should move to 
requiring JDK1.5. If that happens it would be logical to move to the 2.4 
Servlet spec, so hopefully, it will become a non-issue in future.
> Monica
>
>
>
>
> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing wrote:
> > Hi Monica,
> >
> > Following your recipe and making some additional changes to
> > grouper-el.tld, I have the UI working with Tomcat 5.5 using the 2.4
> > servlet API. I've attached the tld file. My additional changes involved
> > modifying:
> >
> >  <rtexprvalue>false</rtexprvalue>
> >
> > to
> >
> >  <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
> >
> > Would you check whether that allows you to run the UI? If not, it may be
> > a Weblogic specific issue. I can try and install Weblogic with a
> > developer license, but that may take a while to setup.
> >
> > If this change does fix your problem, I'll have a look at the best way
> > of supporting the 2.3 and 2.4 specs. By now I expect most people will be
> > using a 2.4 capable container, but we can canvas this list to confirm
> > that. If it is the case, and the working group are in agreement, I'll
> > change the default to the 2.4 spec with instructions or a build option
> > to support the 2.3 api.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --On 10 August 2006 22:19 -0500 Monica Crawford 
> > <>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Gary,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help.  I've attached two files. One explains the things
> > > that should change for the 2.4 servlet deployment descriptor and support
> > > for jsp 2.0. The other is the 2.4 deployment descriptor taken from the
> > > grouper-qs that is altered to use 2.4.
> > >
> > > Some more details if your interested:
> > > By spec a 2.4 servlet container should support a 2.3 deployment
> > > descriptor.  Weblogic 9.x will support a 2.3 servlet descriptor just
> > > fine w/ jstl 1.0 uri references for the <@taglib> jsp refs (the jar
> > > file is still 1.1).  This works great as long as el is not used in
> > > tiles. Tiles-el seems to be the main source of pain in weblogic 9.x.
> > >
> > > <Thinking out loud here...> things I can think of that might work (yet
> > > to try) include:
> > > - keep a 2.3 deployment descriptor, but somehow find another mechanism
> > > besides tiles-el - (maybe use the beanname?)  Is it possible to remove
> > > all el references from tiles? We still need to test if it is affecting
> > > all struts-el (html, bean, etc)
> > > - keep a 2.3 deployment descriptor, maybe create a custom tag to
> > > wrap/resolve the tiles specific el issues before hitting the page.
> > > - use a 2.4/jsp 2.0 environment, need to evaluate the impact.  How many
> > > grouper users are still on 2.3/1.2 envs? What is the protocol for
> > > deciding things like this? This may be way out-of-scope but an
> > > alternative.
> > >
> > > Let me know if there are additional questions.....
> > >
> > > Monica
> > >
> > >
> > > GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing wrote:
> > > > Hi Monica,
> > > >
> > > > I haven't tried getting the Grouper UI to run against servlet 2.4/jsp
> > > > 2.0 - I have deliberately avoided taking advantage of any new features
> > > > so that there aren't any backward compatability issues.
> > > >
> > > > I don't have a Weblogic instance to work against, but I'll have a go at
> > > > setting up the UI for Tomcat servlet 2.4/jsp 2.0 and see what errors
> > > > occur. If you would send me your 2.4 deployment descriptor that will
> > > > help me get started.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > > --On 09 August 2006 17:24 -0500 Monica Crawford 
> > > > <>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi folks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there intended support for Grouper UI running against a Servlet
> > > > > 2.4/JSP 2.0 deployment descriptor?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to get the Weblogic 9.x (servlet 2.4/jsp 2.0) environment
> > > > > to run grouper-qs and I run into errors starting with template.jsp.
> > > > > There are a couple of things happening; an infinite loop in the
> > > > > LoginCheckFilter if the document.location.replace("error.do") isn't
> > > > > commented out, and the main issue - EL evaluation in the tiles tag
> > > > > attributes isn't happening.
> > > > >
> > > > > Seeking an answer I find this post
> > > > > http://forums.bea.com/bea/message.jspa?messageID=600020538&tstart=0
> > > > > and try to convert the grouper-qs ui webapp to use the 2.4 deployment
> > > > > descriptor with some hopeful success but alas keep running into
> > > > > various errors regarding the taglibs on the include.jsp. Even after
> > > > > updating JSTL/Standard jars to 1.1 dtd references, it appears that
> > > > > the taglib definitions in include.jsp aren't being 'included' in
> > > > > subsequent jsps even if I use a dynamic include. Each new thing I
> > > > > 'fix' seems to open a new issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sure I'm missing something rather simple.  Any ideas for a cure? I
> > > > > can recreate the EL problem with a rather simple webapp, but can't
> > > > > recreate the include.jsp taglib issue.  Let me know what additional
> > > > > info
> > > > > you might need to further investigate.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------
> > GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing
>
> --
> Monica Crawford
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> Division of Information Technology
> 1210 West Dayton Street, Rm 3159
> Madison, Wisconsin  53706
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