web.xml is missing and is set to true

Question

Consider:

When I create a simple Maven project in Eclipse I am getting this error:

web.xml is missing and

Answer 1

If you use Spring Tool Suite, option for Generate Deployment Descriptor Stub is moved under Java EE Tools, so you:

1. Right click on your project
2. Select Java EE Tools
3. Select Generate Deployment Descriptor Stub option

This will create web.xml file inside src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/ folder, and of course remove error from Maven's pom.xml file.