web.xml is missing and is set to true

Question

Consider:

When I create a simple Maven project in Eclipse I am getting this error:

web.xml is missing and

Answer 1

Right click on the project, go to Maven -> Update Project... , then check the Force Update of Snapshots/Releases , then click Ok. It's done!

Answer 2

If you use Spring Tool Suite, option for Generate Deployment Descriptor Stub is moved under Java EE Tools, so you:

1. Right click on your project
2. Select Java EE Tools
3. Select Generate Deployment Descriptor Stub option

This will create web.xml file inside src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/ folder, and of course remove error from Maven's pom.xml file.

Answer 3

Do this:

Go and right click on Deployment Descriptor and click Generate Deployment Descriptor Stub.

Answer 4

Create WEB-INF folder in src/webapp, and include web.xml page inside the WEB-INF folder then

Answer 5

Remove files from -web/.setting&-admin/.setting

Answer 6

My project had nothing to do with war, but the same error. I had to remove project from eclipse, delete all eclipse files from the project folder and reimport maven project.