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

Question

I have a project created by Maven integration in Eclipse. All work fine, but in the workspace in all JSP files have this:

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

To the first string where place:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"

    pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>

When I create a basic dynamic web project and JSP in - all is fine, no errors.

Answer 1

To solve this error you need to add a runtime at the beginning and select project properties. Then verify the server name from the 'Runtimes' tab as displayed in the image.

Answer 2

The reason why you are getting the error regarding the JSP file cannot access ‘HttpServlet’ because ‘javax.servlet-api’ dependency  is not in your pom.xml file.

You can add the below commands to add the dependency in your pom.xml file.

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.servlet/javax.servlet-api -->

<dependency>

    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>

    <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>

    <version>4.0.1</version>

    <scope>provided</scope>

</dependency>

The above command will help you to download the latest version of your ‘javax.servlet-api’ dependency.