Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListene

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3877)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4429)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:526)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:987)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:909)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:495)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1206)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:314)
 at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:722)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:583)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)

 

Solution:


1. Copy org.springframework.web-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar to the WEB-INF/lib directory


2. Add in web.xml






contextConfigLocation


/WEB-INF/applicationContext-*.xml,classpath*:applicationContext-*.xml








org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener