Removing obsolete files from server... Could not clean server of obsolete files: Content is not allowed in prolog

Question

I am creating a project which is in jsp,servlet and tomcat v 8.0.upto last night it works fine but today it didn't work it gives error in publishing tomcat server,please give me any suggestions. I used Eclipse Mars and Tomcat v8.0 Actually I try to clean Tomcat Work Directory and also clean project("build/clean"), but still i get this error what should I do??

Answer 1

One or more of the temporary xml files have become corrupt.

• Close eclipse.
• In your workspace go to .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core
• Delete the tmp[#] folder. (where [#] is some number). Mine was called tmp0
• Start eclipse

Answer 2

From the Servers view:

• right click on your server
• properties
• Switch Location

This worked for me.

Answer 3

In my case, the server.xml file in Tomcat directory (/conf/server.xml) was corrupt. Replacing it with the original version worked for me.

Answer 4

Your tomcat apache has been corrupted. so you have to delete your server and configure again. I