Subj : E4X: @class causes exception
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : McKinley, Richard
Date : Mon Aug 23 2004 10:54 am

Trying to use an attribute with the name of "class" (very common in HTML 
with CSS) causes and exception:

org.apache.bsf.BSFException: JavaScript Error: missing name after .@ 
(/report3.jsp#208)
	org.apache.bsf.engines.javascript.JavaScriptEngine.handleError(Unknown 
Source)
	org.apache.bsf.engines.javascript.JavaScriptEngine.eval(Unknown Source)
	org.apache.bsf.util.BSFEngineImpl.exec(Unknown Source)
	org.apache.taglibs.bsf.scriptlet$1.run(scriptlet.java:101)
	java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	org.apache.taglibs.bsf.scriptlet.doEndTag(scriptlet.java:95)

I realize that class is a reserved word but this is going to be very 
common and rather than have it become a FAQ that confuses everyone it 
might be better to allow for it.

Regardless, here is the work-around:
     //client.@class = "Organization"; //this causes and exception.
     client.@tempclass = "Organization";
     client.@tempclass.setLocalName("class");

Cheers,

McKinley

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