java ee api is missing in project classpath test

Question

I am trying to create a simple UnitTest for a servlet. Apparently there is some issue with maven (I think) that will impact the build process.

I did some research and apparently this is a known issues. Per my undersetting what need to be done is to change the location of the javaee-web-api dependency in the pom.xml

Unfortunately this solution is not working for me. This is very frustrating since I spending so much time on configuration rather than coding.

Any idea how to solve this problem or maybe some other solutions for testing ?

I am using maven and NetBeans.

Thank you

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>4.12</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
        <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
        <version>1.3</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax</groupId>
        <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
        <version>6.0</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.2</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.6</source>
                <target>1.6</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.1.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

provided means "already on the classpath", perhaps you want to use test instead? — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Oct 25 '16 at 14:48
Can you post the error? What is your project Dynamic Web Module version? — Fabio, Oct 25 '16 at 14:48
The 6.0 `javax/javaee-*` artefacts are notorious for this problem. They are OK for compiling but they have been stripped of the content needed to allow them to be used at runtime. — Steve C, Oct 26 '16 at 04:02

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

Adding org.glassfish.extras dependency solve it.

see this quesion: Testing against Java EE 6 API

<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

<groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>mavenproject1</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>

<name>mavenproject1</name>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.glassfish.extras</groupId>
        <artifactId>glassfish-embedded-all</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.1</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>4.12</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
        <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
        <version>1.3</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax</groupId>
        <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
        <version>6.0</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.2</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.6</source>
                <target>1.6</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.1.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>
<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>glassfish-extras-repository</id>
        <url>http://download.java.net/maven/glassfish/org/glassfish/extras</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

java ee api is missing in project classpath test

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