Error in JSP

[Phillipe Rodrigues]

Hi,
I,m creating a login jsp page wherein theuser enters the user name and password.this page extends an abstract class the provides labels through resource bundle in the form. When I try executing the jsp i get below error.When the below highlighted error arises and what does it mean?Where am I doing wrong?Do let me know.

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

Generated servlet error:
C:\Tomcat 5.0\work\Catalina\localhost\Practise1\org\apache\jsp\loginEntry_jsp.java:33: getPageContext(javax.servlet.Servlet,javax.servlet.ServletRequest,javax.servlet.ServletResponse,java.lang.String,boolean,int,boolean) in javax.servlet.jsp.JspFactory cannot be applied to (org.apache.jsp.loginEntry_jsp,javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest,javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse,<nulltype>,boolean,int,boolean)
pageContext = _jspxFactory.getPageContext(this, request, response, ^
1 error



org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:84)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:332)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:412)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:472)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:451)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:511)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

[Deepak Bala]

Please post the code so that we can assist you better

this page extends an abstract class

What do you mean by this ?