model view controller - No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath

Question

My Eclipse project is suddenly no longer deploying properly. I can't trace it to any particular change I've made to the environment.

I have tested with multiple source-controlled projects and they are all behaving the same way:

May 01, 2013 12:00:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in     production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:Program Files   (x86)Javajdk1.7.0_11in;C:WindowsSunJavain;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:Program Files (x86)NVIDIA     CorporationPhysXCommon;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:Windows System32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;.
May 01, 2013 12:00:45 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:fismacm' did not find a matching property.
May 01, 2013 12:00:45 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
May 01, 2013 12:00:45 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
May 01, 2013 12:00:45 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 296 ms
May 01, 2013 12:00:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
May 01, 2013 12:00:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.35
May 01, 2013 12:00:46 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/sql_rt is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/standard/permittedTaglibs is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/xml is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/standard/scriptfree is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt_rt is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/xml_rt is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jstl/sql is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://www.springframework.org/tags/form is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://www.springframework.org/tags is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://www.springframework.org/security/tags is already defined
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Set web app root system property: 'webapp.root' =     [X:workspace.metadata.pluginsorg.eclipse.wst.server.coremp0wtpwebappsfismacm]
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing log4j from [X:workspace.metadata.pluginsorg.eclipse.wst.server.coremp0wtpwebappsfismacmWEB-    INFlog4j.properties]
May 01, 2013 12:00:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
May 01, 2013 12:00:49 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
May 01, 2013 12:00:49 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
May 01, 2013 12:00:49 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 3898 ms

This seems like the key component: INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath.

I've tried cleaning the projects, redefining the servers, and even creating whole new workspaces. I've clearly missed the mark.

Any tips on getting this cleaned up would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I spent hours on this, and the solution was:

• Stop Tomcat
• "Project" menu -> Clean -> Clean all projects
• Servers tab -> Tomcat -> Right click -> Clean...
• Right click on project -> Run as -> Run on server