Spring Mvc: An exception occurred processing JSP page

Question

I work with a Spring Mvc app and the front UI looks as the following,

The landing page maps with the controoler code,

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "/")
public class HomeController {

    @Autowired
    EmployeeService employeeService;

    @Autowired
    MessageSource messageSource;

    /**
     * get all the employees of the companies
     * @param modelMap
     * @return
     */
    @RequestMapping(value = {"/", "/list"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String listEmployees(ModelMap modelMap) {

        List<Employee> employees = employeeService.findAllEmployees();
        modelMap.addAttribute("employees", employees);

        return "allemployees";
    }
}

Obviously, it shows the allemployees.jsp page. When I press the Add New Employees link, I get the following error,

    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:624)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:799)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1455)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

29-Jul-2017 09:43:07.086 SEVERE [http-nio-8080-exec-4] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcher] in context with path [] threw exception [An exception occurred processing JSP page [/WEB-INF/jsps/registration.jsp] at line [25]

22: 
23: <h2>Registration Form</h2>
24: 
25: <form:form method="POST" modelAttribute="employee">
26:     <form:input type="hidden" path="id" id="id"/>
27: 
28:     <table>


Stacktrace:] with root cause
 java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.util.ExpressionEvaluationUtils
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1285)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1119)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.evaluate(AbstractFormTag.java:51)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.FormTag.resolveModelAttribute(FormTag.java:414)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.FormTag.autogenerateId(FormTag.java:406)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.resolveId(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:143)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:127)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractHtmlElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractHtmlElementTag.java:421)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.FormTag.writeTagContent(FormTag.java:353)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:103)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:80)
    at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsps.registration_jsp._jspService(registration_jsp.java:177)
    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:443)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:385)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:329)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:728)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:467)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:392)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:311)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:263)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1208)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:992)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:939)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:856)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:936)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:827)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:635)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:812)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:198)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:478)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:140)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:624)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:799)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1455)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

The link tries to open the registration.jsp page and the code is here,

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
         pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
    <title>Employee Registration Form</title>

    <style>
        .error {
            color: #ff0000;
        }
    </style>

</head>
<body>
<h2>Registration Form</h2>

<form:form method="POST" modelAttribute="employee">
    <form:input type="hidden" path="id" id="id"/>
    <table>
        <tr>
            <td><label for="name">Name: </label> </td>
            <td><form:input path="name" id="name"/></td>
            <td><form:errors path="name" cssClass="error"/></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td><label for="joiningDate">Joining Date: </label> </td>
            <td><form:input path="joiningDate" id="joiningDate"/></td>
            <td><form:errors path="joiningDate" cssClass="error"/></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td><label for="salary">Salary: </label> </td>
            <td><form:input path="salary" id="salary"/></td>
            <td><form:errors path="salary" cssClass="error"/></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td><label for="ssn">SSN: </label> </td>
            <td><form:input path="ssn" id="ssn"/></td>
            <td><form:errors path="ssn" cssClass="error"/></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td colspan="3">
                <c:choose>
                    <c:when test="${edit}">
                        <input type="submit" value="Update"/>
                    </c:when>
                    <c:otherwise>
                        <input type="submit" value="Register"/>
                    </c:otherwise>
                </c:choose>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</form:form>

<br/>
<br/>
Go back to <a href="<c:url value='/list' />">List of All Employees</a>
</body>
</html>

The GET request for the registration.jsp page is provided,

@RequestMapping(value = "/new", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String newEmployees(ModelMap modelMap) {

        Employee employee = new Employee();
        modelMap.addAttribute("employee", employee);
        modelMap.addAttribute("edit", false);

        return "registration";
    }

I also see the URL links in the Red color in the Intellij, e.g,

This is the pom.xml file I use in the project,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.company.employee</groupId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <artifactId>Practice</artifactId>
    <name>Employees Mgmt</name>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
            <version>18.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.20</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>net.glxn</groupId>
            <artifactId>qrgen</artifactId>
            <version>1.3</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
            <version>1.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp-api</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
            <version>4.3.6.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
            <version>4.3.6.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
            <version>4.3.6.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
            <version>4.3.6.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
            <version>4.2.4.RELEASE</version>
            <!--<version>RELEASE</version>-->
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <version>5.1.40</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
            <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.1.Final</version>
            <type>pom</type>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
            <version>5.4.1.Final</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
            <version>5.2.10.Final</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
            <version>1.4</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.4.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.4.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.4.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.4.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
            <version>1.4</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
            <version>4.3.9.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Joda-Time -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- To map JodaTime with database type -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jadira.usertype</groupId>
            <artifactId>usertype.core</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!--<dependency>-->
        <!--<groupId>dbunit</groupId>-->
        <!--<artifactId>dbunit</artifactId>-->
        <!--<version>LATEST</version>-->
        <!--<scope>test</scope>-->
        <!--</dependency>-->

        <!-- testing in Spring -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.12</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
            <version>RELEASE</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>



    <build>
        <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
            </resource>
            <resource>
                <directory>src/main/java</directory>
            </resource>
        </resources>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.6.0</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <source>1.8</source>
                        <target>1.8</target>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
                        <!--<warName>SpringHibernateExample</warName>-->
                        <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
        <finalName>SpringHibernateExample</finalName>
    </build>

</project>

The header of the registration.jsp page is provided,

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
         pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

If I carry Id as parameter e.g,

public String newEmployees(ModelMap modelMap, @RequestParam Integer id{

  // some code 
}

the controller code I have,

   @RequestMapping(value = "/new", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String newEmployees(ModelMap modelMap, @RequestParam Integer id){

        Employee employee = new Employee();

        modelMap.addAttribute("employee", employee);
        modelMap.addAttribute("edit", false);

        return "registration";
    }

Then, I get the following error,

I get the following error,

I just get started here and the errors feel's so wired. What's the issue here and how to solve it?

add @ModelAttribute Employee employee in newEmployees method as parameter — jarvo69
– jarvo69, Commented Jul 29, 2017 at 8:39

31piy · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-29 04:46:23Z

2

The problem is with version inconsistencies across your app for Spring modules. Please note that ExpressionEvaluationUtils was deprecated in Spring 3, and has been removed from Spring 4.

Since you're using Spring 3 in WebMVC module, but using Spring 4 in other modules, this problem was likely to occur.

Try to use the same version i.e. 4.3.6.RELEASE for all of the Spring modules.

answered Jul 29, 2017 at 4:46

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Arefe Over a year ago

I anticipate this is the correct answer. I will accept the answer after testing. This is indeed a real help and I will updated the template I use for starting the Spring projects

Arefe Over a year ago

Yes, this is indeed solved. I put this property for setting the version of the dependencies and this work just fine.

<properties>         <spring.version>4.3.6.RELEASE</spring.version>         <spring_security.version>4.2.3.RELEASE</spring_security.version>     </properties>

The later on is obvously for the security related version.

Sajal Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-29 04:25:13Z

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You have not added the dependency of Spring-web in your POM file.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.0.RC2</version>
</dependency>

Please check the version before adding this dependency. It should be same as other Spring dependencies!

answered Jul 29, 2017 at 4:25

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Arefe Over a year ago

The dependency was indeed there. I provided the pom.xml file for review of any inconsistency. The issue is surely with the <form:form> tag. Even if I put only like <form:form> // some code </form:form> I get the errors in the project.

bananas Over a year ago

use final releases instead of RC snapshots

Sajal Gupta Over a year ago

why are you using @requestparam and not @modelattribute to get the form data in controller?

Mayank Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-29 04:41:57Z

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using the Form tag you need to add the tag libs you can find below<%@taglib uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" prefix="form"%> into jsp page.

and also check that you are add spring-web dependency into your pom. you need to use spring-web version as per your SpringFramework

you can refer below code foe FORM tag into jsp page:

<form:form method="POST" commandName="customerForm">
    <table>
        <tr>
            <td>Hidden value :</td>
            <td><form:hidden path="secretValue" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><input type="submit" /></td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</form:form>

edited Jul 29, 2017 at 4:41

answered Jul 29, 2017 at 4:33

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Arefe Over a year ago

I have the spring-web dependency in the project and later, provided the entire pom.xml file in the project. Could you please have a look for any inconsisitancy?

Mayank Sharma Over a year ago

now, you can find that i am edited my answer and now, you can find sample and reference code into my answer for the form tag, you can modify as per you use.

jarvo69 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-29 08:37:32Z

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Take "id" as parameter in your newEmployees method:

Replace public String newEmployees(ModelMap modelMap) { with public String newEmployees(ModelMap modelMap, @RequestParam(required=false) Integer id) {

edited Jul 29, 2017 at 8:37

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jarvo69 Over a year ago

you will then need to call that page by passing an id like this: localhost:8080/myapp/new?id=(any int value)

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