There is a JAVA language spec limitation that a method may only be so big.
You are over the limit.
There is a jasper option to map text to a file. I've never used it myself and
don't know if it works (still). But look at $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/web.xml and
look at the JSP options. There should be
Cut it into multiple JSPs, with no try catch block, in the header add code
to redirect to an error page in case of an exception.
You might be better off if you consider alternate options to display it as
JSPs, as it may very well become a maintenance nightmare.
Thanks
-Manoj Pooleery.
Sr.