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When creating a new Java Servlet in Eclipse IDE, you may encounter the following errors:

1 HttpServlet cannot be resolved to a type

2 HttpServletRequest cannot be resolved to a type
3 HttpServletResponse cannot be resolved to a type
4 ServletException cannot be resolved to a type
5 The import javax.servlet cannot be resolved
6 WebServlet cannot be resolved to a type

It looks something like this screenshot in Eclipse:

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The reason is the Java Servlet API is missing in the project’s classpath. You can solve this
problem by specifying a server runtime for the project, e.g. Apache Tomcat runtime – because
a Java web server is a servlet container that implements the Servlet API.

In Eclipse, right click on the project, click Properties. In the project properties dialog, click
Java Build Path, and click the button Add Library… as shown below:

In the Add Library dialog appears, select Server Runtime:

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Click Next. In the next screen select Apache Tomcat and click Finish:

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If you don’t see any Apache Tomcat servers here, probably you haven’t installed Tomcat nor
added to Eclipse. So follow this tutorial to add Tomcat in Eclipse.

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Click Finish to close the Server Library dialog, and you will see the server library Apache
Tomcat appears:

Then click Apply and Close, the errors will be gone.

In case you use Maven, the solution would be simpler. Just add a dependency for Java Servlet
API in the pom.xml file like this:

1 <dependency>
2     <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
3     <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
4     <version>3.0.1</version>
5     <scope>provided</scope>
6 </dependency>

Save the file and wait for seconds for Maven to update the project. You will see the errors are
gone way.

NOTE: To avoid this error in future, you should select the Target Runtime as Apache Tomcat
when creating the project in Eclipse:

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#18Nishit 2022-09-26 14:01

Thanks its grt saving time and quick solution
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#17Lee 2022-09-02 07:09

To the Point! Great, Thanks!
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#16Nam 2022-08-02 18:46

To Jonathan: Kindly follow this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_InEBgRVcc
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#15Jonathan 2022-08-02 03:58

I Can't Find Apache Tomcat in my IDE can you provide a link to download them; It will be
helpful. Thanks in advance.

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#14Dany Ramos 2022-07-18 20:48

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