ClassNotFoundException when running a Spring + Maven2 project on Tomcat 6 from within Eclipse 3.5

Question

When trying to launch a Web project from within Eclipse I get:

SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.Conte         


        

Answer 1

I had the same symptom with a different cause. I had to edit my .classpath file. The maven entry:

...was lacking the attributes tag shown here. When I added the attributes tag the problem went away. I'm very curious how to configure that in the eclipse ui.