_jspService is exceeding the 65535 bytes limit

Question

This is related to my previous question - "http://forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=9470324#9470324".
I finally got the translated Java file and the problem seems to be with the JSTL translation:
For example, the JSTL code
<c:out value="${1+2}"></c:out>
will be translated to
org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.el.core.OutTag __jsp_taghandler_1=(org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.el.core.OutTag)OracleJspRuntime.getTagHandler(pageContext,org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.el.core.OutTag.class,"org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.el.core.OutTag value");
__jsp_taghandler_1.setParent(null);
__jsp_taghandler_1.setValue("${1+2}");
__jsp_tag_starteval=__jsp_taghandler_1.doStartTag();
if (__jsp_taghandler_1.doEndTag()==javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.SKIP_PAGE)
return;
OracleJspRuntime.releaseTagHandler(pageContext,__jsp_taghandler_1);
I got a "_jspService is exceeding the 65535 bytes limit" compile error on some JSPX page which has a lot of JSTL tags, although the JSPX file doesn't look that big. Using too many JSTL tags may run into this error easily because the translation generates a lot more Java code. I wonder if there's any way to tweak the JSTL translation and make the Java or the class file smaller.

Answer 1

Hi John,
The JSPX file contains 710 JSTL tags. Some tags are simply like:
<option value="${item.key}" selected="true">${item.value}</option>
We're trying to enforce the XML in the JSPX coding and make sure that all data are presented via JSTL or jQuery. That is why some page has a lot of JSTL tags.
As an interim solution, we may move some content into a JSP include file. Also, just want to bring it to your attention, using JSTL "choose...otherwise" to handle "if...else" structure may create more Java code if this feature could be implemented using <c:if>.
Thanks for your help!
Huaichen