Servlet Errors in Eclipse
For new users, it’s common to encounter following errors while developing servlet in Eclipse (I am using eclipse-jee-indigo-SR2-win32) or without it:
HttpServlet cannot be resolved to a type
HttpServletRequest cannot be resolved to a type
HttpServletResponse cannot be resolved to a type
ServletException cannot be resolved to a type
The import javax.servlet cannot be resolved
WebServlet cannot be resolved to a type
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The problem is “servlet-api.jar” is not on classpath.
How to add servlet-api.jar in classpath from Eclipse?
Right Click on the Web Project and Click on Properties
Select Java Build Path
Click on the Library Tab
Click on “Add External Jar” -> Locate servlet-api.jar from your local system (It’s available in Tomcat Distribution directory.)
Click OK and all errors will be resolved.
Done!!!
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Very Helpful, Many Thanks for doing this!
Thank you 🙂
really thanks !!