Exception occurs when I use tag in a jsp

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When I use the tag

<s:datetextfield format="dd-MM-yyyy"></s:datetextfield>

(where s is a prefix for struts tag) I get an exception:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Template not found for name "/template/bootstrap/datetextfield.ftl".

Do I have to declare/instantiate some date format object and pass it ?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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It seems you're using the struts2-bootstrap-plugin, with the bootstrap theme;

it also seems that the bootstrap theme is unprovided of the freemarker template for the <s:datetextfield /> tag.

Following the logic, the solution is to use a theme (for that tag only) that is provided of the appropriate .ftl, in the following way:

<s:datetextfield format="dd-MM-yyyy" theme="simple" />

This however is a non-standard situation... it's the first time I see it happens. There is also a JIRA report about this, WW-4434.

I'm not sure what that tag does since I've neved used it and the documentation is broken, but if it's just about textfields, dates and datepickers, consider using native HTML5 datepickers (<s:textfield type="date"/>) with appropriate fallbacks.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered May 23 '16 at 08:51

Andrea Ligios

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fyi: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3493 and https://github.com/apache/struts/blob/master/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/DateTextFieldHandler.java. – Aleksandr M May 23 '16 at 09:15
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Thank you @AleksandrM . God, what an ugly tag :D – Andrea Ligios May 23 '16 at 09:53
Yes. I am using bootstrap-plugin. I have to use it because I don't have much time to work on the UI – Dame Lyngdoh May 24 '16 at 16:06
I encountered the same problem. Finally I used for HTML5. – David García González Feb 14 '17 at 12:18

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 08 '18 at 09:48

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I had this error and solved it this way:

<s:textfield name="date" type="date"
                     format="dd-MM-yyyy" label="BirthDate" />

edited Feb 08 '18 at 09:48

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answered Feb 08 '18 at 09:21

adelagd

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Exception occurs when I use tag in a jsp

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