java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Page directive: invalid value for import

Issue:

HTTP Status 500 - org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

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type Exception report

message org.apache.jasper.JasperException: 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: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:556)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:385)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
 javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)

root cause

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
 org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:677)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:364)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
 javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)

root cause

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Page directive: invalid value for import
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$PageDirective.validateImport(Node.java:628)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$PageDirective.addImport(Node.java:611)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parsePageDirective(Parser.java:348)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:469)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseFileDirectives(Parser.java:1769)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:135)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:242)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parseDirectives(ParserController.java:119)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:194)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:374)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:354)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:341)
 org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:662)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:364)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
 javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.65 logs.

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Apache Tomcat/7.0.65

Solution:

Remove ; form import statement.