struts2-maven File not found exception problem

[sri ram kotireddy]

Hi Folks,

I created maven project using struts2 starter archetype in eclipse. Everything is configured correctly project is getting maven nature and i updated maven configuration.
But, I am getting an error when start the tomcat server

SEVERE: Exception starting filter struts2
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1701)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1546)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:525)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:507)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:124)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:256)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:382)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:103)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4638)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5294)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

I searched for this exception, i found that jar files that are downloaded through are not in eclipse path that why i am getting this error.
Is my assumption is right?

If it is yes, how to put the maven downloaded jar files into the eclipse class path.
If it is no, Tell me how to resolve this problem.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
    "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.1//EN"
    "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.1.7.dtd">
<struts>
	<constant name="struts.custom.i18n.resources" value="weather" />
	<constant name="struts.devMode" value="true" />
	<constant name="struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation" value="false" />
	<!-- <constant name="struts.action.extension" value="" /> -->

	<package name="default" extends="struts-default" namespace="/">
	
		<action name="welcome" class="com.dow.weather.action.WelcomeAction">
			<interceptor-ref name="store">
				<param name="operationMode">RETRIEVE</param>
			</interceptor-ref>
			<result name="success">WEB-INF/jsp/analysis.jsp</result>
		</action>

		<action name="location" class="com.dow.weather.action.LocationsAction">
			<result name="success">WEB-INF/jsp/locations.jsp</result>
		</action>

		<action name="analysis" class="com.dow.weather.action.AnalysisAction">
			<interceptor-ref name="store">
				<param name="operationMode">STORE</param>
			</interceptor-ref>
			<interceptor-ref name="completeStack" />
			<interceptor-ref name="execAndWait">
				<param name="delay">1000</param>
				<param name="delaySleepInterval">500</param>
			</interceptor-ref>
			<result name="input" type="redirect">welcome.action</result>
			<result name="wait">WEB-INF/jsp/wait.jsp</result>
			<result name="success">WEB-INF/jsp/result.jsp</result>
		</action>

	</package>
</struts>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app id="weather" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
	<display-name>Weather Data</display-name>

	<filter>
		<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
		<filter-class>
			org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class>
	</filter>

	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>struts2</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</filter-mapping>

	<welcome-file-list>
		<welcome-file>/WEB-INF/jsp/index1.jsp</welcome-file>
	</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

Thanks in advance.
Ram.

[Mohana Rao Sv]

Usually we get this exception when struts-core jar is missing. It was there in that jar file. Checkout how you are building the project.

[sri ram kotireddy]

All jars present in the maven dependencies. I cheked.

Thanks.
Ram.