java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ValueExpression in jstl using Spring-MVC

1
votes

I have created Spring 3.0 application where after Login user get displayed jsp page as "temp.jsp".

In temp.jsp I am using below code (using JSTL code in jsp)

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"%>
<% String[] name = {"Hello", "you", "are", "using", "jstl", "in", "jsp"};
request.setAttribute("name", name);
%>
<html>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
i m here <BR>
<c:forEach items="${name}" var="itemName">
${itemName}
<br />
</c:forEach>
</body>
</html>

When I comment the code from<c:forEach to </c:forEach, the jsp gets executed (display output as i m here), however when I uncomment the bolded code of lines, I get error as shown below

 HTTP ERROR 500
 Problem accessing /springmvcDepartment/loginForm.html. Reason: 

javax/el/ValueExpression

Caused by:
 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ValueExpression
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetPublicMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getPublicDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getTargetMethodInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$TagHandlerInfo.<init>(Generator.java:3713)
at     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.getTagHandlerInfo(Generator.java:2120)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.visit(Generator.java:1599)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1441)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2213)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2219)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:456)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator.generate(Generator.java:3305)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:198)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:276)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:264)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:563)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:303)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)
at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:327)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:126)
at  org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1060)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:798)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:716)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:647)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:563)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)
at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerList.handle(HandlerList.java:49)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:939)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:756)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:218)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)
at org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector$Connection.run(SocketConnector.java:228)
at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.el.ValueExpression
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:401)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:363)
... 66 more

Caused by:
 java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.el.ValueExpression
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:401)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:363)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetPublicMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getPublicDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getTargetMethodInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$TagHandlerInfo.<init>(Generator.java:3713)
at  org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.getTagHandlerInfo(Generator.java:2120)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.visit(Generator.java:1599)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1441)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2213)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2219)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:456)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2163)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator.generate(Generator.java:3305)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:198)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:276)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:264)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:563)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:303)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)
at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:327)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Dispatcher.forward(Dispatcher.java:126)
at  org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1060)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:798)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:716)
at  org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:647)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:563)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)
at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerList.handle(HandlerList.java:49)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:939)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:756)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:218)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)
at org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector$Connection.run(SocketConnector.java:228)
at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)

I am using Eclipse & J2EE Preview Server!!!

I tried removing/adding jar files as suggested on few forums, but NO LUCK :(

Thanks in advance for help!!!

NOTE : Actually I want to display the mysql data, but before that I want to check the JSTL code that I am using and hence I am testing the above code of jstl (temp.jsp).

2
javajakarta-eespring-mvcjstl

2 Answers

2
votes

I think the problem is jar conflict, If you remove jsp-api.2.0 from your web-inf/lib that should solve the problem. I am looking at jsp-api-2.1.jar file and I see that javax.el.ValueExpression is packaged in this jar and the same class is part of tomcats library jar (el-api.jar).

UPDATE

I did not realize that you are using j2ee preview server, Here are the things you need to do for your code to work

  • You need to use older version of jstl jar, I say use jstl-1.1.2.jar
  • Since java preview server does not provide support for el, You need to add javax.el.jar to your web-inf/lib folder
0
votes

What happens if you try 

<c:out value="${itemName}" />

instead?