Unterminated <html:form tag JSP

Question

I have a small problem . When i use form without if condition like

    <html:form  action="/customerDepositReport.doo?showCustDepsForPrintingReceipt_action=showCustDepsForPrintingReceipt">   

it works fine but when i enclosed it in my if else like

<% if(session.getAttribute("correctionEntry")!=null) { %>            
  <html:form  action="/preEntryCorrection.doo?entryCorrection_action=entryCorrection">              
  <input type="hidden" name="showDepositsList" value="">
  <% }else{ %>
    <html:form  action="/customerDepositReport.doo?showCustDepsForPrintingReceipt_action=showCustDepsForPrintingReceipt">   
<% } %>

It gives me an exception :

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /jsp/custmngmt/reports/viewCustomerDepositReportCriteriaForOldReceipt.jsp(356,0) Unterminated <html:form tag org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:132) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseBody(Parser.java:1646) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseOptionalBody(Parser.java:976) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseCustomTag(Parser.java:1247) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1421) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:130) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:255) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:103) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:194) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:360) org.apa che.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:340) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:327) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:607) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:312) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:326) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:253) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.processActionForward(ActionServlet.java:1833) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1670) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:514) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:754) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)

I have tested the condition , it does enter the if part but causes exception when going through the form tag . I don't get it. Some help please.

Answer 1

please, terminate tags porperly,

</html:form> into your jsp file after <html:form> uses.

Your Error clearly says , Unterminated (see it)

means, you need to close every tag (here <html:form>) after it's uses.