SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\conf\Catalina\localhost\helloworldspring.xml

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I am facing a problem when running my code. Every time I run my code this error is thrown by the server, I checked every jar I added correct also checked jdk and jre path but I'm unable to solve the issue.

Aug 07, 2017 2:59:57 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\conf\Catalina\localhost\helloworldspring.xml java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/helloworldspring]] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:729) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:586) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1750) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Aug 07, 2017 2:59:57 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor

dispatcher-servlet.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd">

        <context:component-scan base-package="com.myspring.controller"></context:component-scan>
        <mvc:annotation-driven/>

        <bean id ="viewResolver" class ="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
                <property name="prefiex" value = "/WEB-INF/pages"></property>
                <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"></property>
        </bean>

</beans>

and web.xml is :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
  <display-name>helloworldspring</display-name>
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
   </welcome-file-list>

   <servlet>
        <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

post complete logs. also show your helloworldspring.xml and if possible project structure — Sangam Belose
i create simple dynamic web project and my file are like : i added my xml file code — BOB

Swathi Swathi · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-09T01:55:09

Check the exception in detail, especially the "Caused by" part. It definitely helps you to find the cause.

Also if you are using maven, check the maven dependency tree if there are any jar files with different version, especially servlet jar.

Add "-verbose to the list of JVM_OPTS in tomcat "bin/wrapper.conf" if on windows wrapper.java.additional.11="-verbose". This will help you to find the root cause

SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\conf\Catalina\localhost\helloworldspring.xml

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