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

It doesn't make sense to create a web.xml just elcipse wants it, even there is no need. This is the case if you have servlet conatiner embedded or living without xml cfg like spring-boot does. The you just diable JavaEE (useless stuff) in eclipse on project level or global

Eclipse/STS>Windows>Preferences>JavaEE>Doclet>Webdoclet> "uncheck" DeploymentDescriptor > OK