Tomcat(4.0)..jsp not working..crazy message

Question

I get this when trying to access a simple jsp thru a url(html works fine):
A Servlet Exception Has Occurred
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSPNote: sun.tools.javac.Main has been deprecated.
if (pageContext != null) pageContext.handlePageException(t);
^
1 error, 1 warning
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.loadJSP(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.loadIfNecessary(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(Unknown Source)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:539)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply. I have JDK1.4 installed as C:\JDK1.4 and my CLASSPATH is C:\JDK1.4\LIB;C:\JDK1.4\LIB\TOOLS.JAR. The TOMCAT install is vanilla. This is the source from the TOMCAT date example (date$jsp.java) in the WORK dir - it blows at the catch phrase towards the bottom of the source:
package org.apache.jsp;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
import org.apache.jasper.runtime.*;
public class date$jsp extends HttpJspBase {
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(9,0);to=(9,90)]
// end
static {
public date$jsp( ) {
private static boolean jspxinited = false;
public final void jspxinit() throws org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspException {
public void _jspService(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse  response)
throws java.io.IOException, ServletException {
JspFactory _jspxFactory = null;
PageContext pageContext = null;
ServletContext application = null;
ServletConfig config = null;
JspWriter out = null;
Object page = this;
String _value = null;
try {
if (_jspx_inited == false) {
synchronized (this) {
if (_jspx_inited == false) {
jspxinit();
jspxinited = true;
_jspxFactory = JspFactory.getDefaultFactory();
response.setContentType("text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1");
pageContext = _jspxFactory.getPageContext(this, request, response,
               "", false, 8192, true);
application = pageContext.getServletContext();
config = pageContext.getServletConfig();
out = pageContext.getOut();
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(0,0);to=(6,0)]
out.write("<html>\r\n<!--\r\n Copyright (c) 1999 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights \r\n reserved.\r\n-->\r\n\r\n");
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(6,26);to=(9,0)]
out.write("\r\n\r\n<body bgcolor=\"white\">\r\n");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(9,0);to=(9,90)]
dates.JspCalendar clock = null;
boolean jspxspecialclock = false;
synchronized (pageContext) {
clock= (dates.JspCalendar)
pageContext.getAttribute("clock",PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
if ( clock == null ) {
jspxspecialclock = true;
try {
clock = (dates.JspCalendar) java.beans.Beans.instantiate(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), "dates.JspCalendar");
} catch (Exception exc) {
throw new ServletException (" Cannot create bean of class "+"dates.JspCalendar", exc);
pageContext.setAttribute("clock", clock, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
if(_jspx_specialclock == true) {
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(9,0);to=(9,90)]
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(9,90);to=(13,23)]
out.write("\r\n\r\n<font size=4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\tDay of month: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(13,23);to=(13,76)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getDayOfMonth())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(13,76);to=(14,15)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tYear: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(14,15);to=(14,62)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getYear())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(14,62);to=(15,16)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tMonth: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(15,16);to=(15,64)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getMonth())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(15,64);to=(16,15)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tTime: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(16,15);to=(16,62)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getTime())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(16,62);to=(17,15)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tDate: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(17,15);to=(17,62)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getDate())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(17,62);to=(18,14)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tDay: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(18,14);to=(18,60)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getDay())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(18,60);to=(19,22)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tDay Of Year: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(19,22);to=(19,74)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getDayOfYear())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(19,74);to=(20,23)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tWeek Of Year: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(20,23);to=(20,76)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getWeekOfYear())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(20,76);to=(21,14)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tera: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(21,14);to=(21,60)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getEra())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(21,60);to=(22,21)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tDST Offset: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(22,21);to=(22,73)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getDSTOffset())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(22,73);to=(23,22)]
out.write("\r\n<li>\tZone Offset: is ");
// end
// begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(23,22);to=(23,75)]
out.print(JspRuntimeLibrary.toString((((dates.JspCalendar)pageContext.findAttribute("clock")).getZoneOffset())));
// end
// HTML // begin [file="/jsp/dates/date.jsp";from=(23,75);to=(29,0)]
out.write("\r\n</ul>\r\n</font>\r\n\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n");
// end
} catch (Throwable t) {
if (out != null && out.getBufferSize() != 0)
out.clearBuffer();
if (pageContext != null) pageContext.handlePageException(t);
} finally {
if (_jspxFactory != null) _jspxFactory.releasePageContext(pageContext);