Question

When I compiled Java EE with JBoss, some configuration file said:

jboss Cannot find class file for javax/servlet/ServletContext

So, I added the dependency in my pom:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet</groupId>
    <artifactId>jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.2.Final</version>
</dependency>

But, it does not have any effect. It still could not find the javax.serlet.ServletContext package in my pom dependency.

Only when I added the “spec pack” in my including path, it works.

I use Eclipse, anyone know why this happened?

Answer 1

You’re missing javaee-web-api dependency:

  <dependency>
    <groupId>javax</groupId>
    <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
    <version>6.0</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>