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hdiv org.hdiv.filter.ValidatorFilter cannot be cast to javax.servlet.Filter

I'm trying integrate hdiv 2.0.4 with old struts 1.3.8 to maintain old system in security issues. but, when I integrated I got that - hdiv validator in web.xml cannot be cast to servlet filter. Any suggestions for this?
SEVERE: Exception starting filter ValidatorFilter
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.hdiv.filter.ValidatorFilter cannot be cast to javax.servlet.Filter
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:260)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4775)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5452)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Dec 23, 2016 4:46:39 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal

It seems you have some classpath problem or duplicated libraries.
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ClassCastException: MyFilter cannot be cast to javax.servlet.Filter

JRuby warbler "compiled" command produces ClassCastException in Tomcat

I'm using warbler to package my JRuby web app into a war file and am deploying it to Apache Tomcat 8.0.21. This works well. However, I'm trying to run warbler using the "compiled" command instead:
warble compiled war
When I deploy the resulting war file, I'm getting the following exception :
org.jruby.rack.RackInitializationException: load error: /apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/config/boot -- java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object cannot be cast to java.lang.invoke.SwitchPoint
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1054:in `require'
from jar:file:/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/jruby-stdlib-1.7.4.jar!/META-INF/jruby.home/lib/ruby/shared/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from file:/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/jruby-rack-1.1.13.3.jar!/jruby/rack/rails/environment3.rb:23:in `load_environment'
from file:/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/jruby-rack-1.1.13.3.jar!/jruby/rack/rails_booter.rb:79:in `load_environment'
from <script>:1:in `(root)'
at org.jruby.rack.RackInitializationException.wrap(RackInitializationException.java:29)
at org.jruby.rack.RackApplicationFactoryDecorator.init(RackApplicationFactoryDecorator.java:98)
at org.jruby.rack.RackServletContextListener.contextInitialized(RackServletContextListener.java:50)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4728)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5166)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
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.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:940)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1738)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException: (LoadError) load error: /apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/config/boot -- java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object cannot be cast to java.lang.invoke.SwitchPoint
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.require(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1054)
at RUBY.require(jar:file:/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/jruby-stdlib-1.7.4.jar!/META-INF/jruby.home/lib/ruby/shared/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36)
at RUBY.load_environment(file:/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/jruby-rack-1.1.13.3.jar!/jruby/rack/rails/environment3.rb:23)
at RUBY.load_environment(file:/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/jruby-rack-1.1.13.3.jar!/jruby/rack/rails_booter.rb:79)
at RUBY.(root)(<script>:1)
How come the compiled version is producing an exception? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

I think this was a bug related to the warbler gem. I just upgraded my JRuby version from 1.7.4 to 1.7.5 and also upgraded warbler from 1.4.3 to 1.4.8 and that fixed this issue.

Tomcat 7.0 service fails to start with ClassNotFoundException: javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException

I have a toy REST web service that I'm trying to deploy to Tomcat 7.0 server. The problem is I can't even start the server. Here's the error message I'm getting:
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/HelloWorldRestService]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:133)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:199)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:800)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:273)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1170)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:640)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:853)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/HelloWorldRestService]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.prepareClassImpl(Native Method)
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.prepare(J9VMInternals.java:1122)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:685)
at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:263)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationServletAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:67)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:405)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:881)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:376)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5322)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1547)
... 20 more
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:133)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:199)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:302)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:732)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:691)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:94)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:619)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:456)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:273)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1170)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:640)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:853)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1131)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:800)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 6 more
SEVERE: The required Server component failed to start so Tomcat is unable to start.
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardServer[8005]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:691)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:94)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:619)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:456)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardService[Catalina]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:732)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 7 more
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 9 more
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1131)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:302)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 11 more
I'm using Jersey 2.x. Here're my jars:
javax.ws.rs-api-2.0-m10.jar
jersey-client.jar
jersey-common.jar
jersey-container-servlet.jar
jersey-container-servlet-core.jar
jersey-server.jar
My web.xml looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
<display-name>HelloWorldRestService</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>java.helloworldrestservice.resources.HelloWorldApplication</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
<!-- Register JAX-RS Application, if needed. -->
<init-param>
<param-name>javax.ws.rs.Application</param-name>
<param-value>java.helloworldrestservice.resources.HelloWorldApplication</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- Register resources and providers under my.package. -->
<init-param>
<param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>
<param-value>java.helloworldrestservice.resources</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- Enable Tracing support. -->
<init-param>
<param-name>jersey.config.server.tracing</param-name>
<param-value>ALL</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>java.helloworldrestservice.resources.HelloWorldApplication</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
HelloWorldApplication.java:
package java.helloworldrestservice.resources;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;
public class HelloWorldApplication extends Application
{
#Override
public Set<Class<?>> getClasses()
{
//log.info("starting the HelloWorld application...");
Set<Class<?>> set = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
set.add(HelloWorld.class);
return set;
}
}
HelloWorld.java:
package java.helloworldrestservice.resources;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
#Path("/hello")
public class HelloWorld {
#GET
#Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
public String sayPlainTextHello()
{
return "Hello World!!";
}
}
What is wrong? Why do I see this missing ProcessingException class and how can I get rid of this error?
Thanks a lot!

It appears that javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException is part of the javax.ws.rs package, which is part of rest but is not shipped by default with Java or with Tomcat.
it appears to be included in , among other things, javax.ws.rs-api-2.0.jar . There is also a version of javax.ws.rs available on the Maven repository.
It appears that Jersey REFERENCES but does not IMPLEMENT this class.
https://jersey.java.net/apidocs/2.6/jersey/javax/ws/rs/class-use/ProcessingException.html
So you're going to need to download the corresponding jar and include it in your classpath in order for it to be able to use ProcessingException and start your container.
Did some looking. I would hope that Jersey.java.net would provide this library as part of their bundle. If they don't, you're going to have to pull the REST prerequisites off of Maven yourself.

Sorry the text isn't specifically tailored to your question (but it should get the job done). I answered a similar question so I'm just reusing it.
If you're using a standard Tomcat install (or some other servlet container), AFAIK you can't avoid explicitly telling it what servlets to start in the web.xml file*. Since you have to use web.xml anyway, the simplest way to get restful web services working is to forget extending javax.ws.rs.core.Application entirely and just specify the context path there. You can still use standard jax-rs annotations to declare the actual web services.
web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
version="3.0"
>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>rest-test</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>
<param-value>com.domain.mypackage</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name> rest-test</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/rest/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
Two noteworthy points:
You will need to bundle a REST implementation in your WAR file, since servlet containers don't usually contain one. Since Jersey is the reference implementation for JAX-RS, that's the one I'm using in the servlet-class element above. You can replace this with Apache CXF implementation if you want.
The init-param element tells Jersey which of your packages to search for Java files with web service annotations. Edit this to point to your web services. Note that if you opt to use apache CXF instead of Jersey, the stuff needed in any init-param elements will be different. Someone who knows CXF please post what they would be.
If you're using Maven, just add a dependency to jersey-servlet in the dependencies section of your pom.xml file:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
<version>1.18.2</version>
</dependency>
...
</dependencies>
After this, declaring your web services is straight forward using the standard JAX-RS annotations in your Java classes:
package com.domain.mypackage;
import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.MatrixParam;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
// It's good practice to include a version number in the path so you can have
// multiple versions deployed at once. That way consumers don't need to upgrade
// right away if things are working for them.
#Path("calc/1.0")
public class CalculatorV1_0 {
#GET
#Consumes("text/plain")
#Produces("text/plain")
#Path("addTwoNumbers")
public String add(#MatrixParam("firstNumber") int n1, #MatrixParam("secondNumber") int n2) {
return String.valueOf(n1 + n2);
}
}
This should be all you need. If your Tomcat install is running locally on port 8080 and you deploy your WAR file to the context myContext, going to
http://localhost:8080/myContext/rest/calc/1.0/addTwoNumbers;firstNumber=2;secondNumber=3
...should produce the expected result (5).
Cheers!
* Someone please correct me if you know of a way to a add the Jersey servlet to the context in Tomcat without using web.xml--maybe by using a context or life cycle listener?

The OP was using version 2.0-m10 of javax.ws.rs-api. Pre-release versions are work in progress and there can be differences from the final version.
In this case the javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException class was absent. Using the final version 2.0 of the artifact (released one year before this question was posted) should solve the problem.

Error in tomcat in creation of web service

I created simple addition of two number web services by using bottom up approach by using Axis 2 in eclipse juno.Web services working correctly and properly tested by soa client mozilla extension but there is error in tomcat.Please go through below error
he Calculator service, which is not valid, caused
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/ws/rs/Produces
at org.apache.axis2.jaxrs.JAXRSUtils.getClassModel(JAXRSUtils.java:53)
at org.apache.axis2.description.java2wsdl.DefaultSchemaGenerator.generateSchema(DefaultSchemaGenerator.java:272)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.util.Utils.fillAxisService(Utils.java:468)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.ServiceBuilder.populateService(ServiceBuilder.java:388)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.repository.util.ArchiveReader.buildServiceGroup(ArchiveReader.java:101)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.repository.util.ArchiveReader.processServiceGroup(ArchiveReader.java:178)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:82)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.repository.util.DeploymentFileData.deploy(DeploymentFileData.java:136)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.doDeploy(DeploymentEngine.java:813)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.repository.util.WSInfoList.update(WSInfoList.java:144)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.RepositoryListener.update(RepositoryListener.java:377)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.RepositoryListener.checkServices(RepositoryListener.java:254)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.loadServices(DeploymentEngine.java:142)
at org.apache.axis2.deployment.WarBasedAxisConfigurator.loadServices(WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java:283)
at org.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContextFactory.createConfigurationContext(ConfigurationContextFactory.java:95)
at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.initConfigContext(AxisServlet.java:584)
at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.init(AxisServlet.java:454)
at org.apache.axis2.webapp.AxisAdminServlet.init(AxisAdminServlet.java:60)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1280)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1088)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:5176)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5460)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.ws.rs.Produces
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1547)
... 30 more
[INFO] org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/ws/rs/Produces
[INFO] Deploying Web service: version.aar - file:/M:/mahesh/work/javaws1/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Calc/WEB-INF/services/version.aar
[WARN] No transportReceiver for org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServletListener found. An instance for HTTP will be configured automatically. Please update your axis2.xml file!

Tomcat is just a servlet container and AFAIK, it does not support any kind of webservices by default.
You have to have the required libraries in your WEB-INF/lib or add it to tomcat lib folder and make use of it.
you are getting ClassNotFoundException as javax/ws/rs/Produces is not found in the classpath.
Deploy the REST implementation (Ex: Jersey) to server lib and restart your server.

Try removing annotations in your Axis2 service class. In our case, removing #Deprecated solved the error.

Exception when running Tomcat server org.apache.catalina.deploy.WebXml addServlet

I've written a couple of servlets on my local machine using eclipse. I've tested them on my local machine and everything works perfectly fine.
I then exported my project as a .war file and put it under the webapps directory of my tomcat in another machine to which I only have ssh access to. I restarted my tomcat server and after looking at the log files I see that it's throwing the following exception:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.apache.catalina.deploy.WebXml addServlet
at org.apache.tomcat.util.IntrospectionUtils.callMethod1(IntrospectionUtils.java:855)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:201)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1051)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:604)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1759)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2915)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:625)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:488)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:819)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:748)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:123)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1208)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:525)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1537)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1875)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.getDefaultWebXmlFragment(ContextConfig.java:1472)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1250)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:878)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:369)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5173)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:968)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1646)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
No idea what this means?

I found the solution here.
I was right as in you don't need to have the web.xml anymore. You can simply use annotations to define paths for your servlet. But the problem was that I was including catalina.jar in my lib which was causing issues. Removing catalina.jar fixed things up!

I met this problem after I use maven into my project. As Adam said, I removed all tomcat libs in the maven dependencies and then the problem fixed.