Apache tomcat 8.0 server unable to compile the jsps

Question

I am getting below issue by using apache tomcat 8.0:

Sep 02, 2015 12:20:33 PM org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler$1 findType SEVERE: Compilation error org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.classfmt.ClassFormatException at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.classfmt.ClassFileReader.(ClassFileReader.java:372) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler$1.findType(JDTCompiler.java:210) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler$1.findType(JDTCompiler.java:165) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.LookupEnvironment.askForType(LookupEnvironment.java:103) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.UnresolvedReferenceBinding.resolve(UnresolvedReferenceBinding.java:49) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.BinaryTypeBinding.resolveType(BinaryTypeBinding.java:122) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.LookupEnvironment.getTypeFromTypeSignature(LookupEnvironment.java:1237) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.LookupEnvironment.getTypeFromVariantTypeSignature(LookupEnvironment.java:1293) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lo okup.LookupEnvironment.getTypeArgumentsFromSignature(LookupEnvironment.java:1080) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.LookupEnvironment.getTypeFromTypeSignature(LookupEnvironment.java:1242) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.BinaryTypeBinding.createMethod(BinaryTypeBinding.java:509) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.BinaryTypeBinding.createMethods(BinaryTypeBinding.java:590) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.BinaryTypeBinding.cachePartsFrom(BinaryTypeBinding.java:329) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.LookupEnvironment.createBinaryTypeFrom(LookupEnvironment.java:674) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.LookupEnvironment.createBinaryTypeFrom(LookupEnvironment.java:653)

Answer 1

Remove existing localhost servers and add new server. This will solve your problem.