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Case

I have a WAR containing Axis2-built on webservices. I must deploy it under Jetty 6. The version of Axis2 is 1.5.X.
I get this exception:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisAdminServlet

I assume the same case may occur with Tomcat.

Explanation

The class AxisAdminServlet was removed from Axis2 between the releases 1.4 and 1.5.

Quick fix

Add the following dependency in Maven’s Jetty plugin:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>6.1.26</version>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
            <artifactId>axis2-kernel</artifactId>
            <version>1.4.1</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
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