How to enable Localization inside HTML tag Attribute?

Question

I have HTML Tag in my JSP page which I need to localize. I have mentioned it below

<form:input path="firstName" cssStyle="width:155px;" description=<fmt:message
key="firstName" /> mandatory="true"
title="Enter First Name as in Corp. Directory"
validation="mavenname" maxlength="50" />

While I compile this I get the following error.

Sep 17, 2012 2:12:51 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet dispatcher threw exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /WEB-INF/jsp/resource/GeneralDetails.jsp(72,23) quote symbol expected
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:88)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseAttribute(Parser.java:198)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseAttributes(Parser.java:148)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseCustomTag(Parser.java:1207)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1421)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseBody(Parser.java:1633)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseOptionalBody(Parser.java:977)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseCustomTag(Parser.java:1245)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1421)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseBody(Parser.java:1633)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseOptionalBody(Parser.java:977)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseCustomTag(Parser.java:1245)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1421)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:130)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:255)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:103)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:185)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:347)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:327)
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:314)
    at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:592)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:317)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:646)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:551)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:488)
    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspRuntimeLibrary.include(JspRuntimeLibrary.java:968)
    at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.resource.ResComponent_jsp._jspService(ResComponent_jsp.java:2090)
    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:377)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:646)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:436)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:374)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:302)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1047)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:817)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:719)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:669)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:574)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:857)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Could you please let me know how to embed the <fmt:messagein the HTML tag's description attribute ? And also guide me if I am doing anything wrong. Since the tag is working as a standalone tag but throws an error when put into some HTML attribute as mentioned above.

NOTE: I am using Spring3,Java 1.6 and the above page is a JSP. Server is Tomcat 6.02

Answer 1

Try adding quotes around the tag:

description="<fmt:message key='firstName' />"

or alternatively copying the value to a variable and referencing it via JSTL:

<c:set var="descLoc">
    <fmt:message key="firstName" />
</c:set>

description="${descLoc}"

Caveat: code not tested, so may have typos or errors.

Answer 2

You havenot read the exception properly. It specifically tells you the problem. You have not put the tag in the double quots. Try to put double quots in description.

It should solve your problem. Cheers.

Answer 3

I suggest using spring:message tag:

<spring:message code="firstName" var="firstName_label" />
<form:input description="${firstName_label}" />