Spring boot: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest.getHttpServletMapping()Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletMapping;

Question

When I run this application on built-in server or other tomcat server it gives me following error message. I am using jdk8, STS V-3.9.7. Can someone help me resolve it

Answer 1

merge your DemoAppApplication with servlet initializer as follow:

@SpringBootApplication
public class DemoAppApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer{

public static void main(String[] args) {
    SpringApplication.run(DemoAppApplication.class, args);
}

@Override
protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
    return application.sources(DemoAppApplication.class);
}

}

or add @Configuration annotation to class that extends SpringBootServletInitializer