'lt%!' and '%gt' invalid in a tag file?

[Shraddha Jain]

i'm deploying my web application on tomcat and use JSP tags in the jsp files.
i have a screen.tag:
<%@ tag body-content="scriptless" %>
<%@ tag import="javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext" %>
<%@ tag import="file1" %>
<%@ tag import="file2" %>
<%@ tag import="file3" %>


<%!
//some declarations go here
%>

and when i run my application i get a jasper exception telling me '<%!' and '%>' is an invalid character constant!
i cannot agree with this guy!! what am i doing to render it invalid?

[Bear Bibeault]

<%@ tag body-content="scriptless" %>

You declared the tag scriptless. What else did you expect?
[ March 02, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Bear Bibeault]

P.S. Your only other choices are tagdependent and empty -- so what does that tell you about the applicability of scripting element within a tag file?

[Shraddha Jain]

nope that isnt the problem at all 'cos i have 2 other tag files with the same directive and they working just fine!!! no problemo!
and wait i did test this screen.tag with lt%= "Hi"!! %gt and the page did say Hi!! back!
besides as far as i know, "scriptless" attribute is to say that the body of the tag does not have any scripts right??? , i havent put no scripts in the tags body!

tried removing the "...scriptless" attribute but thats doing nothing good for me.