Error in JSON Array create using JSP - json

Question

I am trying to create a JSON Array using the following code; I have downloaded gson-2.2.4.jar and extracted the com directory in the same location where my JSP file resides
<%# page contentType="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" language="java" import="java.sql.* " %>
<%# page import="java.io.*" %>
<%#page import="com.google.gson.JSONObject"%>
<%
try {
String driver = "org.postgresql.Driver";
String url = "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/CATCHINFO";
String username = "postgres";
String password = "123";
String myDataField = null;
String category = null;
String myQuery = "SELECT * FROM cruce order by cruce_no";
Connection myConnection = null;
PreparedStatement myPreparedStatement = null;
ResultSet myResultSet = null;
Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
myConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(url,username,password);
myPreparedStatement = myConnection.prepareStatement(myQuery);
myResultSet = myPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
while(myResultSet.next()){
category = myResultSet.getString("cruce_no");
json.put("city", category);
out.print(category);
}
}
catch(Exception e){
out.print(e);
}
%>"
But I am getting errors:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:
An error occurred at line: 16 in the generated java file
Only a type can be imported. com.google.gson.JSONObject resolves to a package
An error occurred at line: 21 in the jsp file: /loadCruceNo.jsp
JSONObject cannot be resolved to a type
An error occurred at line: 21 in the jsp file: /loadCruceNo.jsp
JSONObject cannot be resolved to a type
Please help me.

Answer 1

It doesn't sound right that you "extracted the com directory in the same location where my JSP file resides".
The jar should either be in the WEB-INF/lib directory of your web application or if you decide to unpack all the classes (as you have the described) the com directory should be in the WEB-INF/classes directory.