What does this exception mean? Tomcat is not supposed to compile Java file, right?

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSPC:\tomcat\common\lib\apache_soap.jar(org/apache/soap/server/Deploymen tDescriptor.java): Public class org.apache.soap.server.DeploymentDescriptor must be defined in a file called DeploymentDescriptor.java.

RE: What does this exception mean? Tomcat is not supposed to compile Java file, right?

will be run when your web browser hits the JSP page. It looks like your apache_soap.jar isn't configured correctly (I'm not familiar with that product) What does your JSP file look like? David Daniel Kruler wrote: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSPC:\tomcat\common\lib