JSP compilation fails with "exceeding the 65535 bytes limit" limitation

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Issue

  • JSP fails in JBoss with the following exception:
The code of method _jspService(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse) is exceeding the 65535 bytes limit  
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:84)  
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:328)  
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:414)  
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:297)  
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/APP].[jsp]] (http-localhost/127.0.0.1:8080-2) JBWEB000236: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: JBWEB004062: Unable to compile class for JSP: 

JBWEB004061: An error occurred at line: 227 in the generated java file
The code of method _jspService(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse) is exceeding the 65535 bytes limit

JBWEB004211: Stacktrace:
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:85) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:69) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:447) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:361) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:339) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:326) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:606) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    ...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.3.0.GA
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
    • 7.x

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