INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath

Question

I have a spring project that runs fine on my tomcat7 server when I deploy from eclipse: Run As >> Run on server. In the eclipse tab \"Servers\" I see:

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Answer 1

I had similar problem with Tomcat 8 embedded in java7 application.

When I launched Tomcat in my application, it worked. But when I launched it through Maven for integration test purpose, I got this error : "No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath".

I fixed it by upgrading org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-* dependencies from version 8.0.29 to 8.0.47.

Answer 2

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>          
    <configuration>
        <source>1.8</source>
        <target>1.8</target>
    </configuration>
 </plugin>

This is the important plugin that should be in pom.xml. I spent my two days debugging and researching. This was the solution. This is Apache plugin to tell maven to use the the given Compiler.

Answer 3

For eclipse users: solution is simple just change the nature of project Spring Tools->add spring project nature

done.