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Apache Velocity + Servlet 3.0

I'm upgrading from servlet 2.5 to 3.0, and I'm using Apache Velocity for templating, after a mvn dependency:tree I see velocity-tools depends on servlet-api:jar:2.3, there's a way to use servlet 3.0 with Apache Velocity?

Thanks in advance

Solution

  • I had the same problem; my Servlet 3.0 project wouldn't compile because servlet-api 2.3 was on the Maven classpath as a dependency of Velocity Tools.

    The work-around is to declare the Velocity dependency as runtime so at compile-time the project still builds with Servlet 3.0

    <dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
   <artifactId>velocity-tools</artifactId>
   <version>2.0</version>
   <scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>