java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.Springframework.Web.Context.ContextLoaderListener [Solution]

Problem : java.lang.ClassNotFoundException : org.Springframework.Web.Context.ContextLoaderListener

Cause : This error comes when you are using Spring MVC framework in your Java Web application and configured org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener as a listener in your deployment descriptor also known as web.xml, but the JAR which contains this class is not available in web application's CLASSPATH. This is a very important class in Spring MVC framework, as it is used to load your spring configuration files e.g. applicatoin-Context.xml and others, defined in the context-param element of web.xml of your Java spring web application, as shown below :

    <context-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>classpath:application-Context.xml</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>
            org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
        </listener-class>
    </listener>

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