[eclipse] Eclipse: How do I add the javax.servlet package to a project?

I'm using Eclipse 3.6 Helios (for Java Developers) and want to add the javax.servlet package to one of my projects. What do I need to configure/download?

Go to

JBoss\jboss-eap-6.1\modules\system\layers\base\javax\servlet\api\main

include JAR

jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar

For me it worked

For me doesnt put jars to lib directory and set to Build path enought.

The right thing was add it to Deployment Assembly.

Original asnwer

Right click on your project -> properties -> build path. Add to your build path jar file(s) that have the javax.servlet implemenation. Ite depends on your servlet container or application server what file(s) you need to include, so search for that information.

When you define a server in server view, then it will create you a server runtime library with server libs (including servlet api), that can be assigned to your project. However, then everybody that uses your project, need to create the same type of runtime in his/her eclipse workspace even for compiling.

If you directly download the servlet api jar, than it could lead to problems, since it will be included into the artifacts of your projects, but will be also present in servlet container.

In Maven it is much nicer, since you can define the servlet api interfaces as a "provided" dependency, that means it is present in the "to be production" environment.

1. Download the file from http://www.java2s.com/Code/Jar/STUVWXYZ/Downloadjavaxservletjar.htm

2. Make a folder ("lib") inside the project folder and move that jar file to there.

3. In Eclipse, right click on project > BuildPath > Configure BuildPath > Libraries > Add External Jar

Thats all