I have a login.jsp that dumps user input into hello1.jsp hello1.jsp performs a useBean and does set and get properties on a Bean LoginBean. The LoginBean is compiled and located in WEB-INF/classes/login dir. Hello1.jsp contents are: <html> <%@ page session="false"%> </body> <jsp:useBean id="login" scope="page" class="login.LoginBean" /> <jsp:setProperty name="login" property="*" /> Welcome: <jsp:getProperty name="login" property="firstName" /> </body> </html> I get following errors: server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: login.LoginBean at org.apache.jasper.compiler.BeanRepository.getBeanType(BeanRepository.jav a:183) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.visit(Generator.jav a:692) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$GetProperty.accept(Node.java:552) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:1028) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:1070) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:1076) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:232) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:1028) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator.generate(Generator.java:1917) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:242) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:369) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.ja va:473) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.ja va:190) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica tionFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt erChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValv e.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValv e.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:241 5) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java :180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherVa lve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java :172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve. java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:59 4) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processC onnection(Http11Protocol.java:392) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:56 5) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool .java:619) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) root cause java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: login.LoginBean at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader .java:1443) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader .java:1289) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.BeanRepository.getBeanType(BeanRepository.jav a:181) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.visit(Generator.jav a:692) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$GetProperty.accept(Node.java:552) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:1028) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:1070) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:1076) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:232) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:1028) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator.generate(Generator.java:1917) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:242) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:369) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.ja va:473) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.ja va:190) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica tionFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt erChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValv e.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValv e.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:241 5) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java :180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherVa lve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java :172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve. java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.i nvokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:4 80) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:59 4) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processC onnection(Http11Protocol.java:392) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:56 5) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool .java:619) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)