"The type org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files"
image-uploading, java, spring-boot
Solution
Here Spring boot application is extending SpringBootServletInitializer. If I look at SpringBootServletInitializer it implements WebApplicationInitializer. Add below dependency with appropriate version that will resolve SpringBootServletInitializer.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>5.0.8.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
Problem
This is the file that contain the error..int the class it says error " The type org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files - The hierarchy of the type SpringBootWebApplication is inconsistent" ``` package java.com; import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder; import org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer; @SpringBootApplication public class SpringBootWebApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer { @Override protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) { return application.sources(SpringBootWebApplication.class); } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { SpringApplication.run(SpringBootWebApplication.class, args); } } ``` This is the pom.xml code ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <artifactId>spring-boot-web-jsp</artifactId> <packaging>war</packaging> <name>Spring Boot Web JSP Example</name> <description>Spring Boot Web JSP Example</description> <version>1.0</version> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>1.4.2.RELEASE</version> </parent> <properties> <java.version>1.8</java.version> </properties> <dependencies> <!-- Web --> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> </dependency> <!-- Web with Tomcat + Embed --> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <!-- JSTL --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>jstl</artifactId> </dependency> <!-- Need this to compile JSP --> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <!-- Need this to compile JSP --> <dependency> <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler</groupId> <artifactId>ecj</artifactId> <version>4.6.1</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <!-- Optional, for bootstrap --> <dependency> <groupId>org.webjars</groupId> <artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId> <version>3.3.7</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <!-- Package as an executable jar/war --> <plugin> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project> ```