Compile error: package javax.servlet does not exist

java servlets compilation compiler-errors
Karadous picture Karadous · Feb 8, 2012 · Viewed 193.8k times · Source

I have a package in which I import javax.servlet.* and javax.servlet.http.* When I try to compile it in command prompt I get the error

package javax.servlet does not exist

I use JDK 1.7.0 and Tomcat 6.0.

Answer

BalusC picture BalusC · Feb 8, 2012

You need to add the path to Tomcat's /lib/servlet-api.jar file to the compile time classpath.

javac -cp .;/path/to/Tomcat/lib/servlet-api.jar com/example/MyServletClass.java

The classpath is where Java needs to look for imported dependencies. It will otherwise default to the current folder which is included as . in the above example. The ; is the path separator for Windows; if you're using an Unix based OS, then you need to use : instead.

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