Created attachment 32057 [details] Log file I have a very simple (almost empty, I'm just starting a project) Java webapp that uses the Servlet 3.1 API. I currently have a single JSP with only static HTML code. When I deply and run my webapp on Tomcat 8.0.12, I get a compile error in the JSP. Note: This works correctly on Tomcat 8.0.11. It seems to be an issue introduced in 8.0.12. 25-Sep-2014 19:53:14.726 SEVERE [http-nio-8080-exec-1] org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP: An error occurred at line: [42] in the generated java file: [C:\Users\Jesper\.IntelliJIdea13\system\tomcat\Unnamed_spring-webmvc-thymeleaf_3\work\Catalina\localhost\ROOT\org\apache\jsp\WEB_002dINF\jsp\welcome_jsp.java] The method getDispatcherType() is undefined for the type HttpServletRequest Stacktrace: at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:103) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:199) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:446) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:361) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:336) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:323) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:357) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:391) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:335) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:721) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:466) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:391) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:318) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:172) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:303) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1228) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1011) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:955) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:877) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:961) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:852) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:618) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:837) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:142) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:534) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1081) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:658) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:222) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1566) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1523) 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:745)
Created attachment 32058 [details] JSP Java file
You have a problem with your dev environment. This doesn't happen with a clean Tomcat install and HttpServletRequest.getDispatcherType() is a valid method.
I know that HttpServletRequest.getDispatcherType() is a valid method, it's a new method in the Servlet 3.0 API. I created a new project with a minimal setup to try to reproduce the problem, but it now works as expected. I threw away my IDE-specific project files and re-imported the project from the Maven pom.xml, and threw away the Tomcat configurations in IntelliJ. The problem went away. Apparently there was indeed something wrong with my development environment setup. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience.
I have same problem with package: <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId> <artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId> <version>1.2-rev-1</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> </exclusion> <exclusion> <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId> <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> I have changed version to <version>1.2</version> and it is working fine now.