XXXServlet is not a servlet error for tomcatRun but tomcatRunWar runs fine about gradle-tomcat-plugin

[bmuschko]

Did you assign your Servlet dependency to the providedCompile configuration? Please see the FAQ section "Why do I get a java.lang.ClassCastException on javax.servlet.Servlet?". If that doesn't help please post your full build script.

[nileshmalpekar]

Thanks for your prompt response. Tried the FAQ option but didn't work.

here's the build.gradle file
{code}
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'tomcat'

sourceCompatibility='1.6'

repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
def tomcatVersion = '7.0.35'

compile group: 'org.apache.tomcat', name: 'tomcat-servlet-api', version: '7.0.35'

    tomcat "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}",
           "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:${tomcatVersion}"

    tomcat("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:${tomcatVersion}") {
        exclude group: 'org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler', module: 'ecj'
    }

}

buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    classpath 'org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-tomcat-plugin:0.9.6'
}

}

Version ver = new Version(major: 0, minor: 1, releaseType: 'BETA')
version = ver

project.ext.set("ver", ver);

war {
manifest {
attributes(
"Specification-Title": "Sample Webapp",
"Specification-Version": ver.specVersion(),
"Specification-Vendor": "Nilux Inc",
"Implementation-Title": "Sample Webapp Servlet Framework",
"Implementation-Version": version
)
}
}

[tomcatRun, tomcatRunWar]*.contextPath = "try1"

class Version {
int major
int minor
int bugfix
String releaseType

String specVersion() {
    "${major}.${minor}";
}
String toString() {
    specVersion() + "-${releaseType}${bugfix ? '.' + bugfix : ''}";
}

}
{code}

Note: that tomcatRunWar works fine but not tomcatRun

Essentially I want to run integration tests in the end. If there is a way to run tomcatRunWar for integration tests then that would work as well
{code}
task integrationTest(type: Test) {
include '_/_IntegrationTest.'

doFirst {
    tomcatRun.daemon = true
    tomcatRun.execute()
}

doLast {
    tomcatStop.execute()
}

}

test {
exclude '_/_IntegrationTest.'
}
{code}

[bmuschko]

I think I'd need to play around with your sample app. If you can check it into GitHub I might be able to have a look. You can run the integration tests with tomcatRunWar as well. You don't necessarily have to use tomcatRun.

BTW: Can you please use correct Markdown notation for your code when commenting on GitHub?

[nileshmalpekar]

I fixed my problem my moving to tomcatRunWar and putting dependency on the task war for the same.