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Can't run spring project from eclipse, ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener

I'm having trouble running my spring project from inside Eclipse.

This is the error I get:

SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener

Here are the Tomcat settings:

Here are the settings

I don't understand why it's not working, the spring classes are included in the classpath.

Solution

  • You need the spring-web jar. I see you're using maven:

    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

    NOTE: that the latest release is 3.0.5.RELEASE. Also, you can identify the spring project by the package, i.e. org.springframework.web