java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet error

Question

Not sure why am I getting this error. Lots of similar questions here but none have worked for me till now.

My ivy file is

Answer 1

Thanks a lot guys for your valuable comments. You are all right. Jar files must be in WEB-INF/lib. Or you can tell Eclipse that it can find the jars in additional location and not just WEB-INF/lib.

How do we do that?

• Right click the project and select properties. Now go to Deployment Assembly.

• Now select Add and select Java build path entries.

• Ivy option is automatically populated. Select that.

• And you are done.Select Apply and ok. Classnotfound Exception vanishes.