Maven - java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Question

I have a Java app based on Maven, and want to connect to MySQL server.

My pom has:

    mysql
    &l         


        

Answer 1

I had this problem as well. I tried using plugins to set the connector to classpath but it didn't work. I tried to change versions, it didn't work. I've spent two nights to find out that i needed to specify in pom.xml that i need my package to be a "war".

Maybe it's because your project doesn't know what type it is, so try to put this:

war

right next to your project version. Something like this:

4.0.0

com.example
example-app
1.0-SNAPSHOT
war 


    



    

Maybe it doesn't suit your problem, but maybe somebody else will need it.