HTTP Status 500 - org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Body of scriptlet element must not contain any XML elements

type Exception report

message org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Body of scriptlet element must not contain any XML elements

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

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Body of scriptlet element must not contain any XML elements
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:549)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:378)
	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)

root cause

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Body of scriptlet element must not contain any XML elements
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:56)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:410)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:266)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspDocumentParser.parse(JspDocumentParser.java:210)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:227)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:102)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:198)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:373)
	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:616)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.loadTagFile(JspServletWrapper.java:240)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor.loadTagFile(TagFileProcessor.java:574)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor.access$000(TagFileProcessor.java:48)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor$TagFileLoaderVisitor.visit(TagFileProcessor.java:651)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1522)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2360)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2412)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2418)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:465)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2360)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor.loadTagFiles(TagFileProcessor.java:669)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:229)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:373)
	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:616)
	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)

root cause

org.xml.sax.SAXException: Body of scriptlet element must not contain any XML elements
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspDocumentParser.checkScriptingBody(JspDocumentParser.java:1332)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspDocumentParser.endElement(JspDocumentParser.java:650)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:606)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1742)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2900)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:607)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:116)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:489)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:835)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:123)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1210)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:568)
	com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:302)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspDocumentParser.parse(JspDocumentParser.java:171)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:227)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:102)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:198)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:373)
	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:616)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.loadTagFile(JspServletWrapper.java:240)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor.loadTagFile(TagFileProcessor.java:574)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor.access$000(TagFileProcessor.java:48)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor$TagFileLoaderVisitor.visit(TagFileProcessor.java:651)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1522)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2360)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2412)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2418)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:465)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2360)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagFileProcessor.loadTagFiles(TagFileProcessor.java:669)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:229)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:373)
	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:616)
	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/8.0.0-dev logs.
Apache Tomcat/8.0.0-dev