Dependencies issue “SpringBootServletInitializer cannot be resolved to a type”

Question

I\'m getting SpringBootServletInitializer cannot be resolved to a type as far as I understand this is a dependencies issue.

While I feel comfortable wri

Answer 1

I encountered the same problem ... but I'm using Maven with Spring Boot 2.1.1.

So I needed to specify the correct parent ... AND change the import/class name:

pom.xml:

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
</parent>

MyApp.java:

...
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
// import org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;  // OBSOLETE
import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;

@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringBootWebApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {

    @Override
    protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
        return application.sources(SpringBootWebApplication.class);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootWebApplication.class, args);
    }
...

Answer 2

I had the same issue.My solution is

instead of

import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;

use

import org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;

Also in pom

<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.6.RELEASE</version>
</parent>

Answer 3

Don't do anything new just press Ctrl+Shift+o in your eclipse it will add correct import to your project

Answer 4

I'm following the same course and I just set the pom like this:

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.6.RELEASE</version>
</parent>

And works fine