Question

I’m trying to get my first jsp page running and it does not work as I expect it to.
I’m using Tomcat7 + Eclipse.

First I created my framework.java file and put it in: \ROOT\WEB-INF\classes\framework.

Then I successful compiled it so I got:
\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes\framework\Layer1.class, Layer2.class, Layer3.class
Then i did the actual jsp file:

<%@ page import="framework.Layer1" %>
<%= Layer1.write() %>

Now, even Eclipse at this point gives me the warning: The type framework.Layer1 is not visible.
And when I run the page, naturally it says: The type framework.Layer1 is not visible.

What am I doing wrong here? I tried all tutorials I found and all had the same issue.
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You are in the right path, but you need to make sure Layer1 is a public class.

So, your Layer1 class must be something like:

package framework;
public class Layer1 {
    public String write() {
        return "hello";
    }
}

Instead of:

package framework;
class Layer1 { // do note the non-use of public keyword here
}