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Error compiling JSP file

I'm getting the following errors when I try to compile the JSP file that follow. Any help with this greatly appreciated.

trackingErrorPage$jsp.java [118:1] 'else' without 'if'
else if (exception instanceof Class NotFoundException )
^
trackingErrorPage$jsp.java [130:1] 'else' without 'if'

JSP file follows below:

?xml version = "1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">



<%-- page settings --%>
<%@ page isErrorPage = "true" %>
<%@ page import = "java.util.*" %>
<%@ page import = "java.sql.*" %>

<html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<title>Error!</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<style type="text/css">
.error

{
      font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
      font-size: 12px;
      color: #660033;
}

</style>
</head>

<body>
<p class = "error">

<% // scriptlet to determine exception type
// and output beginning of error message
if ( exception instanceof SQLException )
%>

An SQLException

<%
else if (exception instanceof Class NotFoundException )
%>

A ClassNotFoundException

<%
else
%>

An exception

<%-- end scriptlet to insert fixed template data --%>

<%-- continue error message output --%>
occurred while entering data in the tracking database.

</p>

<p class = "error">
The error meassage was:<br />
<%= exception.getMessage() %>
</p>

<p class = "error">Please try again later.</p>
</body>

</html>

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