Can t import javax servlet annotation WebServlet

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I have started to write app that can run on Google App Engine  But when I wanted to use my code from Netbeans to Eclipse I had an errors on  import javax servlet annotation WebServlet   and  WebServlet name    quot MyServlet quot   urlPatterns     quot  MyServlet quot     the errors are  The import javax servlet annotation cannot be resolved WebServlet cannot be resolved to a type  I tried to import the servlet-api jar to Eclipse but still the same  also tried to build and clean the project  I don t use Tomcat on my Eclipse only have it on my Netbeans  How can I solve the problem

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Check that the version number of your servlet-api jar is at least 3 0  There is a version number inside the jar in the META-INF manifest mf file   Implementation-Version  3 0 1   If it s less than 3 0 download the 3 0 1 from Maven Central  http   search maven org  artifactdetails javax servlet javax servlet-api 3 0 1 jar  Former servlet specifications  2 5  2 4 etc   do not support annotations

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import javax servlet annotation       no one has written this  but need to import this as WebInitparam is not recognized by the other packages

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Go to   window- gt Preference- gt server- gt runtime environment   then choose your tomcat server  If the error is still there  then   right click project- gt properties gt Targeted Runtimes   then check the server

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Simply add the below to your maven project pom xml flie     lt dependencies gt             lt dependency gt               lt groupId gt javax lt  groupId gt               lt artifactId gt javaee-web-api lt  artifactId gt               lt version gt 6 0 lt  version gt               lt scope gt provided lt  scope gt            lt  dependency gt     lt  dependencies gt

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If you are using IBM RAD  then ensure the to remove any j2ee jar in your projects build path -  libraries tab  and then click on  add external jar  and select the j2ee jar that is shipped with RAD

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Add library  Server Runtime  to your java build path  and it shall resolve the issue

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I had the same issue  it turns that I had my project configured as many of you stated above  yet the problem persisted  so I went deeper and came across that I was using Apache Tomcat 6 as my Runtime Server  so the fix was simple  I just upgraded the project to use Apache Tomcat 7 and that s all  finally the IDE recognized javax servlet annotation WebServlet annotation

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Copy servlet-api jar from your tomcat server lib folder     Paste it to WEB-INF  gt  lib folder    Error was solved

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I tried to import the servlet-api jar to eclipse but still the same also tried to build and clean the project  I don t use tomcat on my eclipse only have it on my net-beans  How can I solve the problem   Do not put the servlet-api jar in your project  This is only asking for trouble  You need to check in the Project Facets section of your project s properties if the Dynamic Web Module facet is set to version 3 0  You also need to ensure that your  WEB-INF web xml  if any  is been declared conform Servlet 3 0 spec  I e  the  lt web-app gt  root declaration must match the following   lt web-app     xmlns  quot http   java sun com xml ns javaee quot       xmlns xsi  quot http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance quot      xsi schemaLocation  quot http   java sun com xml ns javaee http   java sun com xml ns javaee web-app 3 0 xsd quot      version  quot 3 0 quot  gt   In order to be able to import javax servlet stuff  you need to integrate a fullworthy servletcontainer like Tomcat in Eclipse and then reference it in Targeted Runtimes of the project s properties  You can do the same for Google App Engine  Once again  do not copy container-specific libraries into webapp project as others suggest  It would make your webapp unexecutabele on production containers of a different make version  You ll get classpath-related errors exceptions in all colors  See also   How do I import the javax servlet API in my Eclipse project    Unrelated to the concrete question  GAE does not support Servlet 3 0  Its underlying Jetty 7 x container supports max Servlet 2 5 only

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If you re using Maven and don t want to link Tomcat in the Targeted Runtimes in Eclipse  you can simply add the dependency with scope provided in your pom xml    lt dependency gt       lt groupId gt javax servlet lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt javax servlet-api lt  artifactId gt       lt version gt 3 0 1 lt  version gt       lt scope gt provided lt  scope gt   lt  dependency gt

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I had the same issue using Spring  solved by adding Tomcat Server Runtime to build path

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You need to add your servlet-api jar to the build path of your project  Have a look here for how to do that

[java] Can't import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet

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