Spring Boot java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/Filter

Question

I Started a new project with Spring Boot 1.2.3. I\'m getting error

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/Filter

Gradle Dependencie

Answer 1

Add the following dependency. The scope should be compile then it will work.

    org.springframework.boot
    spring-boot-starter-tomcat
    compile