Why isn't eclipse compiling my web app?

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When I start my Tomcat server, linked to my Java EE project, I get the error listed below. Two other people are using the same repository with Eclipse/Tomcat/Java and are not having any problems. It creates my package hierarchy, but the classes are missing. Tomcat develops my WEB-INF/classes/com folders, but the contents are all empty. Can anyone help me with this? Thank you.

SEVERE: Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping#0' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/LightStanza-servlet.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.CannotLoadBeanClassException: Cannot find class [com.lightfoundryllc.lightstanza.login.LoginValidator] for bean with name 'loginValidator' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/LightStanza-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.lightfoundryllc.lightstanza.login.LoginValidator
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are you running your tomcat server from within eclipse? or do you start your tomcat manually? – davogotland
Yes, I am running tomcat from within eclipse. I get this error when I right-click on the server and press Start. – Dan
the problem is most likely the way that you have configured Eclipse. Check the relevant Eclipse preferences. (The problem won't be that Eclipse isn't compiling anything. It will be that it is not putting the compiled classes in the place they need to be.) – Stephen C
@Stephen - thanks for your advice. I have looked through the eclipse settings, and nothing seems to stand out. Did a file search for the .class files on my HD and am not able to find anything that was generated. – Dan
Is the project file in the repository? If so I bet you it contains an absolute path somewhere that doesn't exist on your box. – CurtainDog

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thanks for your help. I set my environment variables for TOMCAT_HOME and PATH and things seem to be working now :).