Unable to compile class for JSP: The type java.util.Map$Entry cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files

I can't get tomcat7 to compile jsps. It till run the example servlets just fine and the service is up and running. I am running oracle java 8.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Here is the stacktrace:

type Exception report

message Unable to compile class for JSP:

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

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

An error occurred at line: 1 in the generated java file
The type java.util.Map$Entry cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files

Stacktrace:
    org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:102)
    org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:331)
    org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:468)
    org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:378)
    org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:353)
    org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:340)
    org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:646)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:357)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.35 logs.

The code looks like this and it's the sample code from tomcat7 so my guess is that it's correct.

<%@ taglib prefix="mytag" uri="/WEB-INF/jsp2/jsp2-example-taglib.tld" %>
<html>
<head>
  <title>JSP 2.0 Examples - Hello World SimpleTag Handler</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>JSP 2.0 Examples - Hello World SimpleTag Handler</h1>
<hr>
<p>This tag handler simply echos "Hello, World!"  It's an example of
a very basic SimpleTag handler with no body.</p>
<br>
<b><u>Result:</u></b>
<mytag:helloWorld/>
</body>
</html>

Solution 1:

You must use a more recent version of tomcat which has support for JDK 8.

I can confirm that apache-tomcat-7.0.35 does NOT have support for JDK8, I can also confirm that apache-tomcat-7.0.50 DOES have support for JDK8.

Solution 2:

The class format of JDK8 has changed and thats the reason why Tomcat is not able to compile JSPs. Try to get a newer version of Tomcat.

I recently had the same problem. This is a bug in Tomcat, or rather, JDK 8 has a slightly different class file format than what prior-JDK8 versions had. This causes inconsistency and Tomcat is not able to compile JSPs in JDK8.

See following references:

Compiling JSPs with JDK 1.8 in Tomcat 8
compilation succeeds in java7 but fails in java8

Unable to compile class for JSP: The type java.util.Map$Entry cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files

Solution 1:

Solution 2:

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