[Solved-4 Solutions] “webxml attribute is required” error in Maven
Error Description:
- We get the following error:
Error assembling WAR: webxml attribute is required (or pre-existing WEB-INF/web.xml if executing in update mode)
- We have got
web.xmlin right place which isprojectname\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\web.xml - What could be causing this?
Solution 1:
- The value of my webXml tag need to look like this in order to work:
<webXml>${project.basedir}\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\web.xml</webXml>
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Solution 2:
- If we are migrating from XML-based to Java-based configuration and we have removed the need for web.xml by implementing WebApplicationInitializer, we need to simply remove the requirement for the web.xml file to be present.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
...
</configuration>
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Solution 3:
- A quick fix is to create a
src/main/javaand asrc/main/webappdirectory (and other directories if we need them) and just move the files.
Solution 4:
- Make a new folder named WEB-INF under src/main/webbapp then
- Right Click on the Project -> Java EE Tools -> Generate Deployment Descriptor Stub
- This should generate the web.xml.