The import javax servlet can t be resolved

Question

I m trying to use eclipse for Java EE to develop web applications    I need to use Tomcat as my server  I ve downloaded Tomcat and it s running  But my program doesn t compile    I get the following error       The import javax servlet can t be resolved    What do I need to do

User · Answer

You need to set the scope of the dependency to 'provided' in your POM.

http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html#Dependency_Scope

<dependency>  
  <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
  <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
  <version>2.4</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Then everything will be fine.

User · Answer

Add the servlet-api jar to your classpath  You can take it from tomcat s lib folder

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If not done yet  you need to integrate Tomcat in your Servers view  Rightclick there and choose New   Server  Select the appropriate Tomcat version from the list and complete the wizard   When you create a new Dynamic Web Project  you should select the integrated server from the list as Targeted Runtime in the 1st wizard step    Or when you have an existing Dynamic Web Project  you can set change it in Targeted Runtimes entry in project s properties  Eclipse will then automagically add all its libraries to the build path  without having a copy of them in the project

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You need to add the Servlet API to your classpath  In Tomcat 6 0  this is in a JAR called servlet-api jar in Tomcat s lib folder  You can either add a reference to that JAR to the project s classpath  or put a copy of the JAR in your Eclipse project and add it to the classpath from there   If you want to leave the JAR in Tomcat s lib folder    Right-click the project  click Properties  Choose Java Build Path  Click the Libraries tab Click Add External JARs    Browse to find servlet-api jar and select it  Click OK to update the build path    Or  if you copy the JAR into your project    Right-click the project  click Properties  Choose Java Build Path  Click Add JARs    Find servlet-api jar in your project and select it  Click OK to update the build path

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I had the same problem because my  Dynamic Web Project  had no reference to the installed server i wanted to use and therefore had no reference to the Servlet API the server provides   Following steps solved it without adding an extra Servlet-API to the Java Build Path  Eclipse version  Luna     Right click on your  Dynamic Web Project  Select Properties Select Project Facets in the list on the left side of the  Properties  wizard On the right side of the wizard you should see a tab named Runtimes  Select the Runtime tab and check the server you want to run the servlet    Edit  if there is no server listed you can create a new one on the Runtimes tab

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Add to 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 1 0 lt  version gt   lt  dependency gt

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If you get this compilation error  it means that you have not included the servlet jar in the classpath  The correct way to include this jar is to add the Server Runtime jar to your eclipse project  You should follow the steps below to address this issue  You can download the servlet-api jar from here  http   www java2s com Code Jar s Downloadservletapijar htm   x000D   x000D  Save it in directory  Right click on project - gt  go to properties- gt Buildpath and follow the steps  x000D   x000D   x000D    Note  The jar which are shown in the screen are not correct jar   you can follow the step to configure

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Had the same problem in Eclipse   For some reason I didn t have the servlet jar file in my build path   What I wound up doing was copying a  lib  folder from another project of mine to the project I was working on  then manually going into that folder and adding the servlet jar file to the build path  option shows up when you right-click on the file in the project explorer

[java] The import javax.servlet can't be resolved

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