Spring Cookbook

Running a Spring web application

In this recipe, we will use the Spring web application from the previous recipe. We will compile it with Maven and run it with Tomcat.

How to do it…

Here are the steps to compile and run a Spring web application:

1. In pom.xml, add this boilerplate code under the project XML node. It will allow Maven to generate .war files without requiring a web.xml file:

   <build>
       <finalName>springwebapp</finalName>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>

2. In Eclipse, in the left-hand side pane Package Explorer, select the springwebapp project ...