HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.jsp.index_jsp

Question

I made a JSP-Project in Eclipse (with Tomcat 7) but when I run the page, i get an ClassnotFoundExcption.

in my Project i work with Controllers to bind Data to the JS

Answer 1

For Java-EE projects converted to Maven project with jstl dependency in pom.xml: In my case, I needed to add Maven dependencies to the build path

Walkthrough:

• right click the project in question
• open Properties
• click on Deployment Assembly
• click Add
• select Java Build Path Entries
• select Maven dependencies

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Update: also check your Execution enviroment && Workspace JRE are correctly setup.