Hello Sir/Madam I am using Tomcat 4.1
I have created a web application having context as "gm". All classes are placed at appropriate places, and jsps are at approprate places. In this application we are using struts frame work. I copied a) struts.jar b) commons-beanutils.jar c) commons-collections.jar d) commons-digester.jar e) commons-validator.jar in my web application's "WEB-INF/lib" And placed *.tld files related to struts in my application's "WEB-INF" folder. placed web.xml and struts-config.xml in "WEB-INF" folder. and when i run the application and click the Login.jsp i get following exception description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot inherit from final class at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:248) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2396) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) 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:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:380) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:533) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) root cause java.lang.VerifyError: Cannot inherit from final class at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:502) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1664) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:953) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1394) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1274) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:315) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.createContentDispatcher(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:248) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:245) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.IntegratedParserConfiguration.createDocumentScanner(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.(DTDConfiguration.java:366) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.StandardParserConfiguration.(StandardParserConfiguration.java:197) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.IntegratedParserConfiguration.(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.IntegratedParserConfiguration.(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:274) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:306) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:259) at org.apache.xerces.util.ObjectFactory.newInstance(ObjectFactory.java:293) at org.apache.xerces.util.ObjectFactory.createObject(ObjectFactory.java:224) at org.apache.xerces.util.ObjectFactory.createObject(ObjectFactory.java:119) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.(DOMParser.java:153) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.(DOMParser.java:137) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:102) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.newDocumentBuilder(DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.java:88) at org.apache.jasper.xmlparser.ParserUtils.parseXMLDocument(ParserUtils.java:167) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.processWebDotXml(TldLocationsCache.java:175) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.init(TldLocationsCache.java:147) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.getLocation(TldLocationsCache.java:318) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getTldLocation(JspCompilationContext.java:437) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:353) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:381) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:799) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:122) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:199) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:153) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:219) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:323) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:474) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:184) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:289) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:240) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2396) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) 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:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:380) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:533) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) Note:- Normal jsps(one which is not using struts framework) runs without any problem I searched google for the solution, but still didn't get can u pl tell me the work around regards 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