problem in custom tags

From:
"roohbir" <ros060@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
18 Mar 2007 07:12:24 -0700
Message-ID:
<1174227144.738739.100110@l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
Hi,
I have a program in which I have a basic jsp page with a text field
and a submit button. The idea is that when a user enters his name and
hits the button it should take him to another page which displays
"Hello user".
I have made a JSP page but don't knwo how to connect it with the
servlet. The name of the servlet is MyOwnCustomTag. The servlet and
jsp page are displayed underneath:

<html><head><title>Registration Page</title></head>
<body>

<%@ taglib uri="/myOwnTLD" prefix="myowntag"%>

<form action="MyOwnCustomTag" method='post'>
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td> Enter Name: </td>
      <td><input type='text' size=15 name='name'
value='<myowntag:requestParameter property="name"/>'>
      </td>
    </tr>

  </table>
  </p>
  <br>
  <input type='submit' value='Submit'>
  <input type='hidden' name='action' value='register-action'>
</form>

</body></html>

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import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport;

public class MyOwnCustomTag extends TagSupport {
   private String property;

   public void setProperty(String property) {
      this.property = property;
   }
   public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
      ServletRequest req = pageContext.getRequest();
      String value = req.getParameter(property);

      try {
         pageContext.getOut().print("Hello " + value);
      }
      catch(java.io.IOException ex) {
         throw new JspException(ex.getMessage());
      }
      return SKIP_BODY;
   }
}
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Help would be really appreciated.
Ros

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