Please help the end tag /c:if" is unbalanced

Question

Mar 27, 2008 12:33:57 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/proregistration.jsp(61,0) The end tag "</c:if" is unbalanced
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:132)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.checkUnbalancedEndTag(Parser.java:1581)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1450)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:133)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:216)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:103)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:167)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:306)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:273)
     at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:566)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:317)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor39.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
     at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:244)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:517)
     at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:276)
     at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:162)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:283)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.access$000(ApplicationFilterChain.java:56)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain$1.run(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:185)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:654)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:445)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:379)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.access$000(ApplicationDispatcher.java:65)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher$PrivilegedForward.run(ApplicationDispatcher.java:80)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:284)
     at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java:694)
     at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.access$1000(PageContextImpl.java:71)
     at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl$11.run(PageContextImpl.java:652)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:650)
     at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.cwjsps.router_jsp._jspx_meth_c_005fif_005f3(router_jsp.java:299)
     at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.cwjsps.router_jsp._jspService(router_jsp.java:103)
     at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:393)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor39.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
     at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:244)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:517)
     at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:276)
     at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:162)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:283)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.access$000(ApplicationFilterChain.java:56)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain$1.run(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:185)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
     at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:525)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestFilterValve.process(RequestFilterValve.java:269)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve.invoke(RemoteAddrValve.java:81)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:584)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Answer 1

boss the requirement is as such..thats why i am developing it this way..
i am posting my debug.jsp(validation and exceptions), router.jsp(which forwards corresponding jsp pages based on success or failure), userregistration.jsp(jsp view), proregistration.jsp(process jsp )
{code debug.jsp}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8"?>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
<%-- \WEB-INF\jsp\cw\debug.jsp --%>
<%-- debug include file --%>
<c:if test ="${sessionScope.sessDebug == 'true'}">
<table border="1">
<c:forEach var="item" items="${cookie}">
<tr>
<td>inbound cookies</td>
<td>${item.key}</td>
<td>${item.value.value}</td> <%--note the .value.value--%>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
<c:forEach var="item" items="${param}">
<tr>
<td>inbound parameter</td>
<td>${item.key}</td>
<td>${item.value}</td> <%--note the .value--%>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
<c:forEach var="item" items="${requestScope}">
<tr>
<td>request scope object</td>
<td>${item.key}</td>
<td>${item.value.value}</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
<c:forEach var="item" items="${sessionScope}">
<tr>
<td>session scope object</td>
<td>${item.key}</td>
<td>${item.value.value}</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>
</c:if>
{code router.jsp}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="iso-8859-1"?>
<%-- /WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/router.jsp --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c"   uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x"   uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn"  uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
<%--  setup session if one does not exist --%>
<%@ page session="true" %>
<%-- set up debug variable --%>
<c:set var="sessDebug" scope="session" value="true"/>
<%-- get pathinfo information  from the request --%>
<%-- this defines which use case has been requested --%>
<c:set var="pgePathInfo" scope="page" value="${pageContext.request.pathInfo}" />
<%-- uc02 : Login --%>
<c:if test="${pageScope.pgePathInfo =='/home'}" >
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/home.jsp"/>
</c:if>
<c:if test="${pageScope.pgePathInfo =='/login'}" >
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/prologin.jsp"/>
</c:if>
<%-- uc01 : View Details Of Books For Sale --%>
<c:if test="${pageScope.pgePathInfo =='/viewbooksforsale'}" >
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/probooksforsale.jsp"/>
</c:if>
<%-- uc01 : process User registration--%>
<c:if test="${pageScope.pgePathInfo =='/userregistration'}" >
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/proregistration.jsp"/>
</c:if>
<%-- uc01 : debug --%>
<c:if test="${pageScope.pgePathInfo =='/debug'}" >
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/debug.jsp"/>
</c:if>
<%-- otherwise --%>
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/home.jsp"/>{code userregistration.jsp}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8"?>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Registeres USers Login Page</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<body>
<%--debugging code--%>
<%@ include file="debug.jsp" %>
<table width="1049" cellpadding="5" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="2378"><div align="center">
<h2 align="center"> User Registration</h2>
<p>
     <c:url var="HmePgeURL" value="/cw/router/home" scope="page"/>
     Home  <c:url var='BSPgeURL' value='/cw/router/login' scope='page'/>
     Buy or Sell
     </p>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p>This website is only open to members of the De MontFort University.
You will need a current @learner.dmu.ac.uk e-mail address in order to register.</p>
<p> If you've already registered for one site you do not need to register again </p>
<c:url value="/cw/router/userregistration" var="UregPgeURL" scope="page"/>
<form name=frmregister method="post" action="${UregPgeURL}" >
<div>
<table width="726" height="285" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="157" align="right" >Name:</td>
<td width="561" > <input name="txtname" type="text" value="${param.txtname}"/> </td>
</tr>
<c:if test="${!empty requestScope.reqInvalidUserName}">
<c:out value="${requestScope.reqInvalidUserName}"/>
</c:if>
<tr>
<td width="157" align="right" >Department</td>
<td align="left" >
<select name="txtdepartment" id="txtdepartment" value="${param.txtdepartment}" >
<option></option>
<option>Faculty of Art and Design</option>
<option>Faculty of Business and Law</option>
<option>Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering</option>
<option>Faculty of Health and Life Sciences</option>
<option>Faculty of Humanities</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" >Programme</td>
<td ><input type="text" name="txtprogramme" value="${param.txtprogramme}" />
(eg: BIS,SE) </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" >Telephone Number: </td>
<td ><input name="txtphonenum" type="text" value="${param.txtphonenum}" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" >Date Of Birth: </td>
<td ><input name="txtday" type="text" size="15" value="${param.txtdob}" />(of format YYYY-MM-DD)</td>
     </tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" >Username</td>
<td align="left" >
<input name="txtuserid" type="text" size="15" value="${param.txtuserid}" />
(eg. p07269027 from [email protected])</td>
<c:if test="${!empty requestScope.reqInvalidUserId}">
<c:out value="${requestScope.reqInvalidUserId}"/>
</c:if>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" >Password</td>
<td align="left" >
<input name="txtpassword" type="password" size="15" value="${param.txtpassword}" />
</td></tr>
     <c:if test="${!empty requestScope.reqInvalidPassword}">
<c:out value="${requestScope.reqInvalidPassword}"/>
</c:if>
<tr>
<td align="right" >Confirm Password </td>
<td align="left" >
<input name="txtpasswordconf" type="password" size="15" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<input name="frmsubmit" type="submit" value="Register User" />
<input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
     <c:if test="${!empty requestScope.reqQueryErrorMessage}">
<c:out value="${requestScope.reqQueryErrorMessage}"/>
</c:if>
     <c:if test="${!empty requestScope.reqInvalidUpdate}">
<c:out value="${requestScope.reqInvalidUpdate}"/>
</c:if>
</div>     
</form>
</body>
</html>
{code proregistration.jsp}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8"?>
<%@ taglib prefix="c"   uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x"   uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn"  uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
<%-- \WEB-INF\jsp\cwjsps\probooksforsale.jsp --%>
<%-- Probookforsale --%>
<%-- skip field validation and provide blankpage if first time in --%>
<c:if test="${empty sessionScope.mc07kpkDataSource}">
<sql:setDataSource
var="mc07kpkdbDataSource"
driver="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/mc07kpkdb"
scope="session"
user="mc07kpk_web"
password="beGin+35"
/>
</c:if>
<c:if test="${empty param.frmsubmit}">
<c:set var="reqOutcome" scope="request" value=" "/>
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/userregistration.jsp"/> <%-- initial request --%>
</c:if>
<%-- validate txtname --%>
<c:if test="${empty param.txtname}">
<c:set var="reqInvalidUserName" scope="request" value= "User Name Cannot Be Empty"/>
</c:if>
<%-- validate txtuserid --%>
<c:if test="${empty param.txtuserid}">
<c:set var="reqInvalidUserId" scope="request" value= "User ID Cannot Be Empty"/>
</c:if>
<%-- validate txtpassword--%>
<c:if test="${empty param.txtpassword}">
<c:set var="reqInvalidPassword" scope="request" value= "Password Cannot Be Empty"/>
</c:if>
<%-- if userid invalid or username invalid  --%>
<%-- redisplay form with originl typed-in data and with errors marked --%>
<c:if test="${empty param.txtname or empty param.txtuserid}">
<c:set var="reqOutcome" scope="request" value= "failure" />
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/userregistration.jsp"/> <%-- failure --%>
</c:if>
<c:catch var="pgeQueryError">
<sql:update var="pgeRowCount" scope="page" >
<%-- insert details to trader table --%>
INSERT into trader (dbTraderName,dbTraderDepartment,dbTraderProgramme,dbTraderPhoneNum ,dbTraderDOB,dbTraderPNumber,dbTraderPwd)
VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
<sql:param value="${param.txtname}"/>
<sql:param value="${param.txtdepartment}"/>
<sql:param value="${param.txtprogramme}"/>
<sql:param value="${param.txtphonenum}"/>
<sql:param value="${param.txtdob}"/>
<sql:param value="${param.txtuserid}"/>
<sql:param value="${param.txtpassword}"/>
</sql:update>
</c:catch>
<%-- check For query Error --%>
<c:if test="${not empty pgeQueryError}">
<c:choose>
<%-- check duplicate record --%>
<c:when test="${pgeQueryError.rootCause.errorCode =='1062'}">
<c:set var="reqQueryErrorMessage" scope="request" value="User already Registered - Duplicate Record" />
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/login.jsp"/>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<%-- database error --%>
<c:set var="reqQueryErrorMessage" scope="request" value="Database Error" />
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/userregistration.jsp"/>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
<c:set var="reqOutcome" scope="request" value="failure" />
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/userregistration.jsp"/>
</c:if>
<%-- check For no rows returned --%>
<c:if test="${pgeRowCount !=1}">
<c:set var="reqInvalidUpdate" scope="request" value="*** rowCount not = 1"/>
<c:set var="reqOutcome" scope="request" value="failure"/>
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/userregistration.jsp"/> <%-- failure --%>
</c:if>
<%-- Otherwise --%>
<%-- Outcome is success --%>
<c:if test="${pgeRowCount ==1}">
<c:set var="reqOutcome" scope="request" value="success" />
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/login.jsp"/> <%-- success --%>
</c:if>