org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

illegalargumentexception - Project running on Netbeans but not on Tomcat as War file

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I made a project on Netbeans on my local machine with JDK 1.7 (32-bit) On running the application (using tomcat 8.0 server on netbeans), it works perfectly on http://localhost:8080/WebApplication1. I copied the war file from the dist directly and transferred it to my Windows VM server with tomcat 8.0 and jdk 1.8 installed (64-bit). Then the war file was uploaded through tomcat's manager web app. Note: 'localhost:8080/' and 'localhost:8080/manager' ran without any issue. However, when I go and run the application (http://localhost:8080/WebApplication1) - it throws the following errors. org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:579) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:357) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:396) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:340) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) root cause java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Page directive: invalid value for import org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$PageDirective.validateImport(Node.java:610) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$PageDirective.addImport(Node.java:593) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parsePageDirective(Parser.java:344) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:458) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseFileDirectives(Parser.java:1782) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:136) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:227) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parseDirectives(ParserController.java:117) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:194) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:356) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:336) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:323) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:357) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:396) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:340) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) The <%page import %> I have in my JSPs are 'java.util.*' and 2 java classes which are part of my project. Rest my java classes import some 'java.' packages Additional info: I have set 'Path' environment variable to 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk 1.8\bin' I have tried including 'org.apache.jasper.jar' to my project (& war) too jdbc4.jar is also imported in library What seems to be the problem? I am unable to make out the source of the problem. Is it because of 32-bit vs 64-bit? or jdk 1.7 vs 1.8? or missing environment variable? or problem in tomcat configuration? something else? java  jsp  tomcat  netbeans  war share | improve this question asked  Dec 2 '14 at 20:28 Playmaker 1,022 6 18

Could it be an issue with Tomcat's 'compilerSourceVM' setting? By default Tomcat will compile JSPs using Java 1.6. tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/jasper-howto.html –   dnault  Dec 2 '14 at 20:35 add a comment

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Problem was in my import statement, which included: Original code <%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8" language="java" import="java.util.*,mypackage.one.*,mypackage.two.*;"%> The issue was the ; at the end of the import statement! Corrected code: <%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8" language="java" import="java.util.*,mypackage.one.*,mypackage.two.*"%>