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

An error occurred at line: 23 in the generated java file
The method getJspApplicationContext(ServletContext) is undefined for the type JspFactory

Stacktrace:
        org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:92)
        org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:330)
        org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:423)
        org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:308)
        org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286)
        org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:273)
        org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:566)
        org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:317)
        org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
        org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)



解决方法：首先如果你是通过maven引用了servlet-api和jsp-api这个两个jar包的话，需要你在pom.xml下依赖的地方加scope 为provided就可以，报错的原因也是因为和tomcat下的lib下的jar包冲突。