The superclass "javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet" was not found on the Java Build Path

Question

I'm a beginner and learning spring and hibernate (utilizing maven in project)and came across this problem and got stuck here. tried finding solution but ended up no where. Please help. thanks a lot

Error: "Can not find the tag library descriptor for "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"

Code:

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags" prefix="spring" %> <%@ taglib uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" prefix="form" %> 

Tried the solutions given in The superclass "javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet" was not found on the Java Build Path How do I import the javax.servlet API in my Eclipse project?

The error still present

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-    instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.journaldev.spring</groupId> <artifactId>SpringMVCHibernate</artifactId> <name>SpringMVCHibernate</name> <packaging>war</packaging> <version>1.0.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version> <properties>     <java-version>1.6</java-version>     <org.springframework-version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>     <org.aspectj-version>1.7.4</org.aspectj-version>     <org.slf4j-version>1.7.5</org.slf4j-version>     <hibernate.version>4.3.5.Final</hibernate.version> </properties> <dependencies>     <!-- Spring -->     <dependency>         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>         <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>         <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>         <exclusions>             <!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j -->             <exclusion>                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>                 <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>              </exclusion>         </exclusions>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>         <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>         <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>         <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>         <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>     </dependency>      <!-- Hibernate -->     <dependency>         <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>         <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>         <version>${hibernate.version}</version>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>         <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>         <version>${hibernate.version}</version>     </dependency>      <!-- Apache Commons DBCP -->     <dependency>         <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>         <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>         <version>1.4</version>     </dependency>     <!-- Spring ORM -->     <dependency>         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>         <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>         <version>${org.springframework-version}</version>     </dependency>      <!-- AspectJ -->     <dependency>         <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>         <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>         <version>${org.aspectj-version}</version>     </dependency>       <!-- Logging -->     <dependency>         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>         <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>         <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>         <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>         <scope>runtime</scope>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>         <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>         <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>         <scope>runtime</scope>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>log4j</groupId>         <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>         <version>1.2.15</version>         <exclusions>             <exclusion>                 <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>                 <artifactId>mail</artifactId>             </exclusion>             <exclusion>                 <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>                 <artifactId>jms</artifactId>             </exclusion>             <exclusion>                 <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>                 <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>             </exclusion>             <exclusion>                 <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>                 <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>             </exclusion>         </exclusions>         <scope>runtime</scope>     </dependency>      <!-- @Inject -->     <dependency>         <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>         <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>         <version>1</version>     </dependency>      <!-- Servlet -->     <dependency>         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>         <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>         <version>2.5</version>         <scope>provided</scope>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>         <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>         <version>2.1</version>         <scope>provided</scope>     </dependency>     <dependency>         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>         <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>         <version>1.2</version>     </dependency>      <!-- Test -->     <dependency>         <groupId>junit</groupId>         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>         <version>4.7</version>         <scope>test</scope>     </dependency>  </dependencies> <build>     <plugins>         <plugin>             <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>             <version>2.9</version>             <configuration>                 <additionalProjectnatures>                     <projectnature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</projectnature>                 </additionalProjectnatures>                 <additionalBuildcommands>                     <buildcommand>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</buildcommand>                 </additionalBuildcommands>                 <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>                 <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>             </configuration>         </plugin>         <plugin>             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>             <version>2.5.1</version>             <configuration>                 <source>1.6</source>                 <target>1.6</target>                 <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>                 <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>                 <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>             </configuration>         </plugin>         <plugin>             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>             <version>1.2.1</version>             <configuration>                 <mainClass>org.test.int1.Main</mainClass>             </configuration>         </plugin>     </plugins>     <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName> </build> 

Answer 1

Adding the tomcat server in the server runtime will do the job :

Project Properties-> Java Build Path-> Add Library -> Select "Server Runtime" from the list-> Next->Select "Apache Tomcat"-> Finish