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

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

An error occurred at line: 20 in the jsp file: /error.jsp
exception cannot be resolved
17:             <div id="main">
18:                 <h1><fmt:message key="errorPage.heading"/></h1>
19:                 <%@ include file="/common/messages.jsp" %>
20:                  <% if (exception != null) { %>
21:                     <pre><% exception.printStackTrace(new java.io.PrintWriter(out)); %></pre>
22:                  <% } else if ((Exception)request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.error.exception") != null) { %>
23:                     <pre><% ((Exception)request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.error.exception"))

An error occurred at line: 21 in the jsp file: /error.jsp
exception cannot be resolved
18:                 <h1><fmt:message key="errorPage.heading"/></h1>
19:                 <%@ include file="/common/messages.jsp" %>
20:                  <% if (exception != null) { %>
21:                     <pre><% exception.printStackTrace(new java.io.PrintWriter(out)); %></pre>
22:                  <% } else if ((Exception)request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.error.exception") != null) { %>
23:                     <pre><% ((Exception)request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.error.exception"))
24:                                            .printStackTrace(new java.io.PrintWriter(out)); %></pre>

解决办法：

exception是JSP中的内置对象，在普通的JSP页面无法直接使用

需要在文件的头部进行设置 isErrorPage="true"

<%@ page language="java" import="java.util.*" pageEncoding="UTF-8"   isErrorPage="true"%>

而JSP中默认是false，即可解决