Difference between javax.servlet-api.jar vs servlet-api.jar

Question

In my maven repository under groupId javax.servlet i have these two separate artifacts for servlets. I am confused which one should i use to build a simple serv

Answer 1

Go with javax.servlet-api.jar , Many developers mistakenly include servlet-api.jar in their WEB-INF/lib folder. This no longer causes an exception because Tomcat and other app servers will recognize it as a problem when deploying the JAR file. However, it does cause the container to ignore any JAR file that contains the javax/servlet/Servlet.class.