java lang ClassNotFoundException org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet

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i am using spring 3 1 0 RELEASE  and my servlet container is tomcat 7 and my IDE is eclipse indigo and the jar spring-webmvc-3 1 0 RELEASE jar which contains the DispatcherServlet exists in the lib folder  and yet when running the application  i am getting the exception   java lang ClassNotFoundException  org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet     at org apache catalina loader WebappClassLoader loadClass WebappClassLoader java 1678      at org apache catalina loader WebappClassLoader loadClass WebappClassLoader java 1523      at org apache catalina core DefaultInstanceManager loadClass DefaultInstanceManager java 525      at org apache catalina core DefaultInstanceManager loadClassMaybePrivileged DefaultInstanceManager java 507      at org apache catalina core DefaultInstanceManager newInstance DefaultInstanceManager java 126      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper loadServlet StandardWrapper java 1099      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper load StandardWrapper java 1043      at org apache catalina core StandardContext loadOnStartup StandardContext java 4957      at org apache catalina core StandardContext 3 call StandardContext java 5284      at org apache catalina core StandardContext 3 call StandardContext java 5279      at java util concurrent FutureTask Sync innerRun FutureTask java 303      at java util concurrent FutureTask run FutureTask java 138      at java util concurrent ThreadPoolExecutor Worker runTask ThreadPoolExecutor java 886      at java util concurrent ThreadPoolExecutor Worker run ThreadPoolExecutor java 908      at java lang Thread run Thread java 662    please advise why i am getting this exception  and how to fix it   EDIT  following are my configuration files   1-  springBeans    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt beansProjectDescription gt       lt version gt 1 lt  version gt       lt pluginVersion gt  lt   CDATA 2 9 0 201203011806-RELEASE   gt  lt  pluginVersion gt       lt configSuffixes gt           lt configSuffix gt  lt   CDATA xml   gt  lt  configSuffix gt       lt  configSuffixes gt       lt enableImports gt  lt   CDATA false   gt  lt  enableImports gt       lt configs gt           lt config gt src main webapp WEB-INF checkout-servlet xml lt  config gt       lt  configs gt       lt configSets gt       lt  configSets gt   lt  beansProjectDescription gt    2- web xml      lt web-app gt     lt display-name gt Checkout lt  display-name gt      lt servlet gt       lt servlet-name gt checkout lt  servlet-name gt       lt servlet-class gt org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet lt  servlet-class gt       lt load-on-startup gt 1 lt  load-on-startup gt     lt  servlet gt      lt servlet-mapping gt       lt servlet-name gt checkout lt  servlet-name gt       lt url-pattern gt   action lt  url-pattern gt     lt  servlet-mapping gt    lt  web-app gt    3- checkout-servlet xml    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt beans xmlns  http   www springframework org schema beans      xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance      xmlns context  http   www springframework org schema context      xsi schemaLocation  http   www springframework org schema beans http   www springframework org schema beans spring-beans xsd         http   www springframework org schema context http   www springframework org schema context spring-context-3 1 xsd  gt        lt context component-scan base-package  com myapp   gt        lt bean id  myService  class  com myapp MyService   gt    lt  beans gt    also when trying to access any page in the application  i get the exception   HTTP Status 404 - Servlet checkout is not available  type Status report  message Servlet checkout is not available  description The requested resource  Servlet checkout is not available  is not available  Apache Tomcat 7 0 22

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I had this same issue in WebSphere  but couldn t find a solution even though I verified the Spring dependencies were there and it ran in tomcat just fine  I ended up uninstalling the application and was still getting the error so I think WebSphere was hanging onto some corrupt instance   To fix the issue I had to reinstall the application  stop it  uninstall it and then reinstall it

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You need to add the  Maven Dependency  in the Deployment Assembly   right click on your project and choose properties  click  on Deployment Assembly  click add click on  Java Build Path Entries  select Maven Dependencies  click Finish    Rebuild and deploy again  Note  This is also applicable for non maven project

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I was facing the same Issue  When I saw into maven repository  m2 folder     m2 repository org springframework spring-webmvc  in my local I found two 3 2 0 RELEASE folders  SO I removed one  Then I went to project  right click- properties- deployment essembly-  add maven dependencies  clean build and then restart the server   Then the DispatcherServlet got loaded

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i found that in the deployment assembly  there was the entry    persisted container  org maven ide eclipse maven2 classpath container   i removed it  and added the maven dependencies entry  and it works fine now

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It may be useful for someone  so I ll post it here  I was missing this dependency on my pom xml   lt dependency gt       lt groupId gt org springframework boot lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt spring-boot-starter-web lt  artifactId gt       lt exclusions gt           lt exclusion gt               lt groupId gt org springframework boot lt  groupId gt               lt artifactId gt spring-boot-starter-tomcat lt  artifactId gt           lt  exclusion gt       lt  exclusions gt   lt  dependency gt

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I found a simple solution   Simply add your jars inside WEB-INF-- lib folder

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Two possible answers   1- You did not include spring-beans and spring-context jars in your lib  If you are using maven   which will help a lot  those two lines will be enough   lt dependency gt    lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt     lt artifactId gt spring-context lt  artifactId gt      lt version gt 3 1 0 RELEASE lt  version gt   lt  dependency gt   lt dependency gt    lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt     lt artifactId gt spring-webmvc lt  artifactId gt      lt version gt 3 1 0 RELEASE lt  version gt   lt  dependency gt    2- The necessary jars are in your classpath but are not deployed on tomcat

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This solves the problem for me  It s easy and pretty simply explained    Step 1   Right click on project Click on Properties   Step 2   Click on Deployment Assembly Tab in the  Click Add      Step 3   Click on Java Build Path Entries   Step 4   Click on Maven Dependencies Click Finish button   Step 5   Redeploy Spring MVC application to Tomcat again Restart Tomcat List item   classnotfoundexception

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Include below dependency in your pom xml   lt dependency gt    lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt     lt artifactId gt spring-webmvc lt  artifactId gt      lt version gt  spring-version  lt  version gt   lt  dependency gt

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You can use GlassFish server and the error will be resolved  I tried with tomcat7 and tomcat8 but this error was coming continuously but resolved with GlassFish  I think it s a problem with server   These are the results with tomcat7    Here are the results with GlassFish

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right click on your project and choose properties  click on Deployement Assembly  click add click on  Java Build Path Entries  select Maven Dependencies  click Finish

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I had the same problem with Idea Intellij and Spring 4  I fixed the problem and I wanted to share the answer with you  I use tomcat 7   idea intellij 13   spring 4  pom xml dependencies     lt properties gt       lt spring version gt 4 0 5 RELEASE lt  spring version gt     lt  properties gt      lt dependencies gt            lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt spring-core lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt   spring version  lt  version gt       lt  dependency gt        lt dependency gt  enter code here        lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt spring-context lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt   spring version  lt  version gt       lt  dependency gt        lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt spring-jdbc lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt   spring version  lt  version gt       lt  dependency gt        lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt spring-web lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt   spring version  lt  version gt       lt  dependency gt        lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt spring-webmvc lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt   spring version  lt  version gt       lt  dependency gt        lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt org springframework lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt spring-test lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt   spring version  lt  version gt         lt scope gt test lt  scope gt       lt  dependency gt        lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt junit lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt junit lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt 4 11 lt  version gt         lt scope gt test lt  scope gt       lt  dependency gt        lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt org slf4j lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt slf4j-log4j12 lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt 1 7 2 lt  version gt       lt  dependency gt           lt dependency gt         lt groupId gt commons-dbcp lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt commons-dbcp lt  artifactId gt         lt version gt 1 4 lt  version gt       lt  dependency gt     lt  dependencies gt   In idea Intellij  you need to go to File - gt  Project Settings - gt  Artifacts  Then  clean - gt  rebuild the project - gt  build the artifact  and everything will be ok

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If all of these advice doesn t work  you should re-create your Server  Tomcat or like that   That solved my problem

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For me it was a mistake in the pom xml - I d set  lt scope gt provided lt scope gt  on my dependencies  and this was making them not get copied during the mvn package stage   My symptoms were the error message the OP posted  and that the jars were not included in the WEB-INF lib path inside the  war after package was run   When I removed the scope  the jars appeared in the output  and all loads up fine now

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Go to properties of Project which your working Choose the Deployment Assembly menu and Click on add button opt the Java Build Path Entries and Click on Maven Dependencies Build the project and run

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Move the jar files from your classpath to web-inf lib  and run a new tomcat server

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I solved by following these steps    Right click in the project   Configure   Convert to Maven project After the conversion  right click in the project   Maven   Update project   This fixes the  Deployment Assembly  settings of the project

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In my case I get this trouble after using the maven s update project utility  I tried all the workarounds you suggested but nothing seemed to work   At the end the solution was simply to remove the project from the server to ensure that it was clean  and add it again  Then it works  I hope this solution could help any of you

[spring] java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet

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