Develop Reference

Dynamic Web Project : Change the Java version

I am using maven.
here is the pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.webproject</groupId>
<artifactId>Employee</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Employee Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- spring-context which provides core functionality -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>4.1.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- The spring-aop module provides an AOP Alliance-compliant aspect-oriented
programming implementation allowing you to define -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
<version>4.1.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- The spring-webmvc module (also known as the Web-Servlet module) contains
Spring’s model-view-controller (MVC) and REST Web Services implementation
for web applications -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>4.1.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- The spring-web module provides basic web-oriented integration features
such as multipart file upload functionality and the initialization of the
IoC container using Servlet listeners and a web-oriented application context -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>4.1.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>4.2.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.common</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.Final</version>
<classifier>tests</classifier>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.6.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0.CR2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.6.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.6.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>Employee</finalName>
</build>
In the project explorer it is shown that project is running on java 1.5
So i changed it to java 1.8 from java build path of project
i removed the java 1.5 and pointed it to java 1.8
then the changes were visible.
but when i update the pom.xml it again show java 1.5.
Also in the project facets it is java 1.8
Please help me in making it java 1.8

Sparsh , In the plugins options of maven you should add the compiler level
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-compiler-plugin
2.3.2
<configuration>
<source>${jdk.version}</source>
<target>${jdk.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugins>
And in your properties stanza , you should have
<properties>
<jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
</properties>

How to run Spring 3.2 project in Tomcat V6.0.45

I need to develop a spring project. Requirements are as follows:
Spring - 3.0
Hibernate - 3.0
MySql 5.5
Tomcat 6.0
JDK 1.7
I am not using web.xml instead I am using java configuration.When I am trying to run my project on Tomcat v6.0 (by right click in eclipse on project -> Run at Server) it is saying that this project can not be run on any server. I have no idea how to run this project.
My pom.xml is as follows :
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>lab.testme</groupId>
<artifactId>test</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>testme3.0</name>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>3.2.13.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-extras</artifactId>
<version>3.0.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.32</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.5.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.5.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
<version>3.0.8.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
<version>3.0.8.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>3.6.10.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<version>3.18.2-GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>7.0.55</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.1.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>4.3.5.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>3.2.2.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
My Facets setting is as follow :-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<faceted-project>
<fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
<installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
<installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
<installed facet="jst.web" version="3.1"/>
</faceted-project>
I searched some articles and tried to change jst.web to 2.4 instead of 3.1 but it is not working. If I am trying to edit Project Facets through eclipse it is giving me error as Can not change version of project facet dynamic web module to 2.5. Kindly suggest me how to run this project?

Java based configuration for the web (using a ServletContainerInitializer which in turn for Spring will use a WebApplicationInitializer) is a Servlet 3.0 feature. Tomcat 6 supports the Servlet 2.5 specification and as such will not support java based configuration. In short when using Tomcat 6 you MUST use a web.xml. See this for information on which servlet specification is supported by which Tomcat version.
To fix either upgrade to Tomcat 7 or use a web.xml.

Maven project is not run on server in Spring tool suite

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.springframework.samples.service.service</groupId>
<artifactId>OnlineExam</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<!-- Generic properties -->
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<!-- Web -->
<jsp.version>2.2</jsp.version>
<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
<servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
<!-- Spring -->
<spring-framework.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
<!-- Hibernate / JPA -->
<hibernate.version>4.2.1.Final</hibernate.version>
<!-- Logging -->
<logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
<slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
<!-- Test -->
<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Spring MVC -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Other Web dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>${jstl.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>${servlet.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>${jsp.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring and Transactions -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Logging with SLF4J & LogBack -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>${logback.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test Artifacts -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
hi friends i try to make smiple web maven project in Spring tool suite but every time when i try to run the project on server there is no option come to run on server..
then i change the java version 1.5 to 1.8 but again its not working..
then i go to the project facet and select the Dynamic web module 3.0 then it show run on server but it also show error in pom.xml file that it dont have web.xml file..
but file is there .i waste my lot of time but still no solution

Add a new server on the Servers tab (Tomcat for example) or choose an existing one, deploy your web application and start the server

Missing artifact javax.transaction:jta:jar:1.0.1B ( Issue was different as you may see the resolution is different)

I am trying to learn Hibernate-Spring-Struts using the example Struts 2 + Spring + Hibernate integration example.
But after creating the pom.xml getting this error :
Missing artifact javax.transaction:jta:jar:1.0.1B
I made a progress only up to creating the pom.xml file and made the changes to include most recent libraries.
Here is my pom.xml:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>S3HMaven</groupId>
<artifactId>S3HMaven</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>S3HMaven</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
<artifactId>jta</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1B</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Struts 2 -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
<version>2.1.8</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Struts 2 + Spring plugins -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-spring-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.15.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- MySQL database driver -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.26</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring</artifactId>
<version>2.5.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>2.5.6</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
<version>3.2.7.ga</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate core library dependency start -->
<dependency>
<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>cglib</groupId>
<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate core library dependency end -->
<!-- Hibernate query library dependency start -->
<dependency>
<groupId>antlr</groupId>
<artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
<version>2.7.7</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate query library dependency end -->
</dependencies>
</project>
I tried with and without dependency for javax.transation. Did not make difference. Can any one tell me what am I doing wrong ? What should I do to get rid of it?

In my case i tried example from mkyong
jsf-2.0 spring hibernate integration example
When i got the exception i searched alot i was using spring sts suit tool , and eclipse MARS with JDK 8 the solution was
I changed pom to 1.1 instead of 1.0.1B
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
<artifactId>jta</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
And if it could not be downloaded automatically from m2 repo you should download it manualy (you can check this in the repo in folder C:\Users\pc1\.m2\repository\javax\transaction\jta\1.1\jta-1.1.jar )
and check the maven dependency in project properties it should not give you an error in the lib tab.
References :
reference 1
reference 2
reference 3
reference 4
reference 5
Related issues might appear after you solve this if you are applying the tutorial:
1-http://www.mkyong.com/web-development/the-web-xml-deployment-descriptor-examples/
2-http://jonathan.lalou.free.fr/?p=2026
3-Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' Unable to instantiate default tuplizer [org.hibernate.tuple.entity.PojoEntityTuplizer]
Tomcat error: Not Found in ExternalContext as a Resource

The error in your pom.xml because you mess up different versions of Struts core and plugins.
Change
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
<version>2.3.15.2</version>
</dependency>
I don't know why do you need JTA 1.0.1B but you could change hibernate to 3.3.2 (at least, without headaches)
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
<version>3.3.2.ga</version>
</dependency>
it has a recommended dependency for JTA 1.1.
Create a new project from pom.xml then add source files to it.

Which repository are you using?
Add the java.net Maven repository as below.
<repository>
<id>java.net</id>
<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
</repository>

This repo worked for me:
<repository>
<id>webpublico-repository</id>
<name>Webpublico Nexus Repository</name>
<url>http://repository.webpublico.com.br/repository/maven-public/</url>
</repository>

some approach from Unable to resolve javax.transaction dependency
clear the .ivy/cache folder. it works, but takes very long time.

At the moment, it may be unnecessary. But I think we should update this ticket for someone.
It works for me. Change porm.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
<version>2.5.16</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>5.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>

HTTP Status 404 - Servlet dispatcher is not available

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
<artifactId>WicketSpringHibernate</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>WicketSpringHibernate</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>JBoss repository</id>
<url>http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
<version>3.2.6.ga</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
<artifactId>jta</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>geronimo-spec</groupId>
<artifactId>geronimo-spec-jta</artifactId>
<version>1.0-M1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- MySQL database driver -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.9</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate annotation -->
<dependency>
<groupId>hibernate-annotations</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>hibernate-commons-annotations</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate library dependecy start -->
<dependency>
<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>antlr</groupId>
<artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
<version>2.7.7</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate library dependecy end -->
</dependencies>
</project>
The above is my POM.xml. My Apache logs says...
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1438)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1284)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1068)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:966)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3996)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4266)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:980)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:943)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:500)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1271)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:301)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1306)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1570)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1579)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Dec 22, 2010 8:26:01 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
INFO: Servlet dispatcher is currently unavailable

The answer is in this line:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
Basically your web app is missing JAR files for Spring Core and/or Spring MVC. They should be in the webapp's /WEB-INF/lib directory, along with other JAR files that your webapp depends on. Take a look at what is there, and try to figure out why DispatcherServlet is missing.

If you are using IDE and trying to run it from within the ide, you will need to explicilitly tell ide to export maven dependencies into web-inf/lib
if you are using eclipse;
Project Properties
Deployment Assembly
Add -> Maven dependencies and tell eclipse to export those into web-inf/lib

I'm not familiar with using Maven for a spring app, but just at a glance it looks like you're pulling down the testing architecture rather than the actual spring binaries. This is also consistent with the error you're getting: it can't find the DispatcherServlet class. I'd double check to make sure you have the correct spring dependency listed in your POM.xml