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

I have a project created by Maven integration in Eclipse. All work fine, but in the work space 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.


Add a runtime first and select project properties. Then check the server name from the 'Runtimes' tab as shown in the image.

Select runtime from Project Facets as shown the in image


Include servlet-api-3.1.jar in your dependencies.

  • Maven

    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
        <version>3.1.0</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    
  • Gradle

    configurations {
        provided
    }
    sourceSets {
        main { compileClasspath += configurations.provided }
    }
    dependencies {
        provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0'
    }
    

Project → PropertiesTarget RuntimesApache Tomcat worked for me. There is no Target Runtimes under Facets (I'm on Eclipse v4.2 (Juno)).


For an Ant project:

Make sure, you have servlet-api.jar in the lib folder.

For a Maven project:

Make sure, you have the dependency added in POM.xml.

<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
  <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Another way to do it is: Update the project facets to pick up the right server.

Check this box in this location:

Project → PropertiesTarget Runtimes → Apache Tomcat (any server)


Project → PropertiesTarget Runtimes → *Apache Tomcat worked for me. There is no Target Runtimes under Facets (I'm on Eclipse v4.4 (Luna)).