Maven dependencies not visible in WEB-INF/lib
eclipse, java, maven, tomcat, web-inf
Solution
This should have nothing to do with eclipse and m2eclipse, and optionally for better support - m2e-wtp. Also, you don't need copy-dependencies. Here are a few possible reasons:
- you should invoke `mvn package` (or right-click > maven > package) and obtain a war file - the `<packaging>` (in the pom) must be `war`
- your dependencies should be with the default scope (if they are `provided` or `test` they will not be included in the archive)
- if you are running the project as dynamic web project on a server within eclipse, then you should open the project properties (right click > properties) and select "Deployment Assembly". There click "add", select "build path entries", and choose "maven dependencies". This will instruct WTP to send the maven dependencies to the server dir.
Problem
I'm having this weird problem making my project Maven-based. I created a new Maven project in Eclipse and enabled the Dynamic Web facets. But during runtime now it throws `ClassNotFoundException` because the Maven dependencies are not copied to `WEB-INF/lib` directory. I even tried adding the copy-dependencies section in POM, but it didn't help. Someone here seemed to have solved this the right way, but I guess he forgot to mention the solution ::(