Question

I am facing the issue described here. I found a dependency to jsp-api.jar, which in fact comes from a dependency to Joda-Time:

<dependency>
    <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
    <artifactId>joda-time-jsptags</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.1</version>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

I have tried to exclude it (see above), but the application won’t compile. How do I make sure jsp-api is not shipped in my .war?

Answer 1

Instead of excluding this library, add to your dependencies explicitly with provided scope:

<dependency>
    <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
    <artifactId>joda-time-jsptags</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
    <version>2.0</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>