cannot access javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest HttpServletRequest.class not found

[Revanth reddy]

Hi,
I am trying to write simple struts app. it has one jsp and one action class. when i am trying to compile the app with ant i am getting the fallowing error.
cannot access javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest file javax\servlet\http\HttpServletRequest.class not found

The project build path has servelt-api.jar from lib folder of tomcat . still getting the same error. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Bear Bibeault]

Revanth reddy wrote:The project build path has servelt-api.jar from lib folder of tomcat

If it did, you wouldn't be getting the error. Check again.

[Revanth reddy]

Thanks for the reply. i checked it again, but still getting the error. even i downloaded a servlet.jar and placed it to the class path and build path also. still having the same error...

[Bear Bibeault]

It's either the wrong jar or it's not in the classpath as you think. At this point you'll need to show the ant markup, so I'll move this to the Ant forum.

When posting code or markup, please be sure to use code tags.

[Andy Hahn]

I just ran into this when setting up a new project. I had the servlet-api-2.4.jar in my application's classpath, however I did not have it in my ant compile task's classpath so ant was not able to see it on a compile. Doh!