java.lang.ClassNotFoundException：javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer
我正在编写一些servlet并且它们都运行良好Tomcat没有运行什么问题。 然后我编写了一个使用JERSEY的类文件，当我尝试运行它时，Tomcat无法启动。 我在Eclipse中安装了Web开发工具插件，每次点击编译我都会得到
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException：javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer
这是控制台的输出
May 08, 2012 4:51:36 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/bin/client;C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/bin;C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/lib/i386;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\bin\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\VCPackages;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia AUX;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia AUX\Support binaries;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia Broker;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia Client;C:\Program Files\CREDANT\Shield v7.1\;C:\Development Tools\java\eclipse;;. May 08, 2012 4:51:36 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:Test_Server' did not find a matching property. May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-80"] May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"] May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 546 ms May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal INFO: Starting service Catalina May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.27 May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal SEVERE: A child container failed during start java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/Test_Server]] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1128) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:782) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/Test_Server]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154) ... 7 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContainerInitializer at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1626) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1556) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.getServletContainerInitializer(ContextConfig.java:1601) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processServletContainerInitializers(ContextConfig.java:1519) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1222) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:855) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:345) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5161) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ... 7 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ... 33 more May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal SEVERE: A child container failed during start java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1128) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:302) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:732) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:675) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:450) Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1136) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:782) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ... 7 more May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start SEVERE: Catalina.start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardServer[8005]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:675) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:450) Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardService[Catalina]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:732) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ... 7 more Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ... 9 more Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1136) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:302) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ... 11 more May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 416 ms 这是怎么造成的，如何解决？
javax/servlet/ServletContainerInitializer是Servlet 3.0一个类，在Tomcat 6中不支持。
你可能有servlet.jar漂浮在CLASSPATH的某个地方，它不应该。 这真的搞砸了类加载器，因为Tomcat的类加载器不像人们期望的那样正常运行（参见上面的链接）。 servlet.jar只能在$CATALINA_HOME/lib找到一次。
有时，如果您在Eclipse中运行Tomcat服务器，则本地Tomcat工作目录可能会被抬高，您必须明确清除它。 请注意，这与在项目上执行Clean构建不同：从“服务器”窗口：右键单击要尝试启动的服务器 – >清除Tomcat工作目录…->确定
简单点击tomcat服务器然后清理tomcat工作目录然后清理tomcat。 它会工作。
我今天也遇到了同样的问题。 最终结果是用户库变空了。 但是，显示的错误消息没有给出任何提示。
迟到的答案，但这可能有助于某人。
我相信这是因为Jersey是使用较新的java版本创建的，并且您尝试在较旧版本的java中运行它。 更新您的Java版本或下载支持您的Java版本的旧版Jersey。
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Compiler -> set "Compiler compliance level" to 1.7.
来自Jersey文档：
Until version 2.6, Jersey was compiled with Java SE 6. This has changes in Jersey 2.7. Now almost all Jersey components are compiled with Java SE 7 target. It means, that you will need at least Java SE 7 to be able to compile and run your application that is using latest Jersey. Only core-common and core-client modules are still compiled with Java class version runnable with Java SE 6.