@WebServlet annotation doesn't work with Tomcat 8

Question

I want to use the @WebServlet annotation in a Java EE webapp which runs on Tomcat 8.

I have read that I need to declare Servlet Version 3.1 in my

Answer 1

How about @ServletComponentScan?

Example from http://www.baeldung.com/spring-servletcomponentscan

@ServletComponentScan
@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringBootAnnotatedApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootAnnotatedApp.class, args);
    }
}