jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class

Question

I am running a Maven project which is also a dynamic web project. I have used all Spring libraries in Maven. I created web.xml, but when I start my Tomcat 7 ser

Answer 1

To fix it, set the scope to provided. This tells Maven use code servlet-api.jar for compiling and testing only, but NOT include it in the WAR file. The deployed container will “provide” the servlet-api.jar at runtime.

    javax.servlet
    servlet-api
    2.5
    provided