java.lang.IllegalStateException: CDATA tags may not nest

Question

I\'ve got a problem with an ajax request in a JSF page. When I click on the button, I get this exception:

SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet         


        

Answer 1

Just to throw in something to consider as well, sometimes it can be a really bone-headed error.

For example, sometimes I would get this same error message if I forgot to initialize an ArrayList in one of my beans that the xhtml page is using:

I would do this:

List myList;

But forget to do this:

myList = new ArrayList();

So just as another thing to think about, make sure you've taken care of all of your housekeeping (making sure variables are initialized/populated, etc...)