I recently updated Eclipse GAE plug-in and now my mobile application backend won't build because it isn't configured as a web application. Has anyone seen this issue and, if so, what is the solution to it? I assume it is a setting but I haven't figured out where
Stack Trace:
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: 'myProjectTitle' is not configured as a web application
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.WebAppUtilities.verifyIsWebApp(WebAppUtilities.java:370)
at com.google.appengine.eclipse.core.resources.GaeProject.getXmlFile(GaeProject.java:310)
at com.google.appengine.eclipse.core.resources.GaeProject.getAppEngineWebXml(GaeProject.java:205)
at com.google.appengine.eclipse.core.resources.GaeProject.getAppId(GaeProject.java:209)
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.appengine.swarm.wizards.HandleGaeProjectChange.createSwarmServiceCreator(HandleGaeProjectChange.java:63)
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.appengine.swarm.wizards.HandleGaeProjectChange.gaeProjectRebuilt(HandleGaeProjectChange.java:41)
at com.google.appengine.eclipse.core.properties.ui.CloudEndpointsBuilder.build(CloudEndpointsBuilder.java:104)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:733)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:206)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:246)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:299)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:302)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:358)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:381)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(AutoBuildJob.java:143)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(AutoBuildJob.java:241)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
I am almost embarrassed to say this but this was the solution to my issue:
I removed Google App Engine from my App's Build path (I don't recall putting it in), cleaned/ rebuilt it, then I went to the error log and deleted the error. Just control-click delete...
Lacing up for a few laps, if anyone comes across this issue, it could be an eclipse error or something but I am not sure.
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I am facing an issue every time I am saving something in java file. I know the error message is coming from gwt plug-in.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/gdt/eclipse/suite/preferences/GdtPreferences
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite.ext.update.FeatureUpdateManager.checkForUpdates(FeatureUpdateManager.java:105)
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite.ext.builders.UpdateTriggerCompilationParticipant.isActive(UpdateTriggerCompilationParticipant.java:40)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaModelManager$CompilationParticipants.getCompilationParticipants(JavaModelManager.java:339)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.JavaBuilder.initializeBuilder(JavaBuilder.java:587)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.JavaBuilder.build(JavaBuilder.java:167)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:733)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:206)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:246)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:299)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:302)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:358)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:381)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(AutoBuildJob.java:143)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(AutoBuildJob.java:241)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
For me option -clean didn't help in every case though used several times. I found out that in my case the root cause of the NoClassDefError was a NullPointerException:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/gdt/eclipse/suite/preferences/GdtPreferences
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite.ext.update.FeatureUpdateManager.checkForUpdates(FeatureUpdateManager.java:105)
[...]
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.markers.GdtProblemSeverities.loadSeverities(GdtProblemSeverities.java:144)
And when it occured in one workspace it occured in every workspace so I took a look into the Eclipse "installation". There is a file named
configuration/.settings/com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite.prefs
and it a line like this:
problemSeverities=com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.validators.rpc.RemoteServiceProblemType\#305\=1
After removing that link my Eclipse started without problems ... but with modified settings in Window/Preferences/Google ... I haven't found out how to specify those severity settings in the file to be parsed without an Exception.
Workaround solution that may work:
Close all projects, close eclipse.
Start eclipse using, "eclipse -clean" option.
You can try repeating the process 2-3 times, if it does not work first time.
Not sure of the exact reason why this appears.
I've a strange problem. I created the plain vanilla Greetings example with the webAppCreator of gwt. That means I created a project called Test and after that I did not modify it in any way. Then I created a war file with "ant war" and deployed this on my local tomcat 7. The server starts fine and the Grettings page is loaded properly. But, when clicking on the Send button I get the following error:
There a no error messages in the tomcat logs. However in the development mode the stuff works fine. I'm using gwt 2.5. Any idea what could cause this problem?
Edit: Maybee this gives some further insights:
I found a stack trace:
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/server/GreetingServiceImpl : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 (unable to load class com.server.GreetingServiceImpl)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2908)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1173)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1681)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:461)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:312)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)
But what does it mean?
Okay, I found the problem.
The error UnsupportedClassVersionError means that I tried to run a compiled java file with an older runtime, i.e. I compiled the servlets with java 7 and tried to run them with java 6.
I repaired this by setting the correct JAVA_HOME path to my .bash_profiles file like this
export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java_7/Home
That was it, now everything runs fine. Thanks for reading anyway.
I have a maven project with spring. And we also have alot of JUnit test classes. We are using Eclipse. Every now and then - quite often actually - eclipse shows some (not all) of the test classes as red... Claiming it cant find imports. Looking at Eclipse error log, I can see alot of these error messages (but for different test-classes ofc).
What is happening? My collegue who works with the same project does not get this error. We are using Eclipse Juno SR2.
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: File not found: C:\xxx\target\test-classes\com\yyy\vet\zzz\service\TradeWashTest.class.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.filesystem.Policy.error(Policy.java:55)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.filesystem.local.LocalFile.openInputStream(LocalFile.java:377)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.localstore.FileSystemResourceManager.read(FileSystemResourceManager.java:797)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.File.getContents(File.java:289)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.util.Util.getResourceContentsAsByteArray(Util.java:1132)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.IncrementalImageBuilder.writeClassFileCheck(IncrementalImageBuilder.java:888)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.IncrementalImageBuilder.writeClassFileContents(IncrementalImageBuilder.java:830)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.AbstractImageBuilder.writeClassFile(AbstractImageBuilder.java:857)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.AbstractImageBuilder.acceptResult(AbstractImageBuilder.java:188)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:510)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.AbstractImageBuilder.compile(AbstractImageBuilder.java:365)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.IncrementalImageBuilder.compile(IncrementalImageBuilder.java:329)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.AbstractImageBuilder.compile(AbstractImageBuilder.java:302)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.IncrementalImageBuilder.build(IncrementalImageBuilder.java:134)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.JavaBuilder.buildDeltas(JavaBuilder.java:265)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.builder.JavaBuilder.build(JavaBuilder.java:193)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:726)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(AutoBuildJob.java:143)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(AutoBuildJob.java:241)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\dev\xxx\target\test-classes\com\yyy\vet\zzz\service\TradeWashTest.class (The system cannot find the path specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.filesystem.local.LocalFile.openInputStream(LocalFile.java:368)
... 26 more
The problem could be in the jars dependencies (especially if you're using mocks). You need to perform two steps to figure out what the problem is:
1.Run unit tests using maven (in case it works you can go to step2);
2. Look into jars order in the Eclipse (projects setting-> java build path-> order and settings).
In case you said that it works for your colleague you need to compare order of your jars with jar's order of you colleague
This is my first time working with GWT. I am following the tutorial at: http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/tools/gwtdesigner/tutorials/stockwatcher.html
I can't get beyond the creation of the GWT Java Project. When I click Finish I get: An error has occurred. See error log for more details.
m_selectedModuleFile
and when I look at the error log I get:
!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui.workbench 4 2 2012-03-03 18:55:34.035
!MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.ui.workbench".
!STACK 0 java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: m_selectedModuleFile at
com.google.gdt.eclipse.designer.actions.deploy.DeployModuleAction.selectedModuleChanged(De
loyModuleAction.java:63)
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.designer.actions.AbstractModuleAction.selectionChanged(AbstractModuleAction.java:81)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.refreshEnablement(PluginAction.java:206)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.selectionChanged(PluginAction.java:277)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.selectionChanged(PluginAction.java:299)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.AbstractSelectionService.fireSelection(AbstractSelectionService.java:156)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.AbstractSelectionService.setActivePart(AbstractSelectionService.java:282)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPartService.updateActivePart(WWinPartService.java:135)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPartService.access$0(WWinPartService.java:125)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPartService$WWinListener.partDeactivated(WWinPartService.java:50)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartListenerList2$4.run(PartListenerList2.java:115)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:888)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartListenerList2.fireEvent(PartListenerList2.java:55)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartListenerList2.firePartDeactivated(PartListenerList2.java:113)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartService.firePartDeactivated(PartService.java:242)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartService.setActivePart(PartService.java:300)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPagePartList.fireActivePartChanged(WorkbenchPagePartList.java:57)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartList.setActivePart(PartList.java:136)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.setActivePart(WorkbenchPage.java:3537)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.requestActivation(WorkbenchPage.java:3077)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.requestActivation(PartPane.java:279)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.handleEvent(PartPane.java:237)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1077)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1058)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.setActiveControl(Shell.java:1424)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.WM_MOUSEACTIVATE(Shell.java:2297)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4205)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas.windowProc(Canvas.java:341)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.windowProc(Decorations.java:1598)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.windowProc(Shell.java:2038)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4886)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DefWindowProcW(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DefWindowProc(OS.java:2454)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Scrollable.callWindowProc(Scrollable.java:80)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4253)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4886)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DefWindowProcW(Native Method)
and so on...
Also, when do you use WinBuilder, and when should you use GWT Designer or the Web Application Project? I am unsure of the differences between them all. I'm looking for something to not an eye-sore that can be used with App Engine with some form entries.
It turns out I had an old version of WindowBuilder, and that was contributing to the problem. Not sure if that was the entire problem, though. It's worked so far.
This seems like something might be off in the install. I usually install Eclipse Java EE edition (not same as Java), then the GPE minus the Android parts (unless I need to set up for that too, then install the Android SDK before the GPE), then WindowsBuilder - for the extra wizards. After that everything just works. I create a new GWT project (using sample code - much easier that way to get started), then can use any of the wizards.
I have a problem running my gwt2.4rc1 application in a tomcat. The problem occurs when I try to make a requestfactory call. Then I get the exception at the bottom.
When I run GWT in development mode everything works fine. The gwt-dev. jar is in the lib folder of my webapp. I am using maven for dependency management. Could there be a problem with my configuration? I already had the error with gwt2.4 beta. If there are any other information required to solve this problem I am glad to provide them.
Regards,
Arne
SEVERE: Unexpected error
com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.UnexpectedException: Unexpected checked exception
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerDecorator.die(ServiceLayerDecorator.java:216)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerCache.getOrCache(ServiceLayerCache.java:242)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerCache.resolveRequestFactory(ServiceLayerCache.java:198)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.SimpleRequestProcessor.process(SimpleRequestProcessor.java:201)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.SimpleRequestProcessor.process(SimpleRequestProcessor.java:125)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryServlet.doPost(RequestFactoryServlet.java:133)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.doService(ServletDefinition.java:261)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.service(ServletDefinition.java:175)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ManagedServletPipeline.service(ManagedServletPipeline.java:91)
at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:62)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.executeChain(AdviceFilter.java:108)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.doFilterInternal(AdviceFilter.java:137)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:81)
at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterDefinition.doFilter(FilterDefinition.java:162)
at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:58)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ManagedFilterPipeline.dispatch(ManagedFilterPipeline.java:118)
at com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter.doFilter(GuiceFilter.java:113)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:242)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:203)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:558)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:379)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:242)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:259)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:281)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/gwt/dev/util/StringKey
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:634)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2804)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1144)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1639)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1517)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.validateProxy(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:1594)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.validateEntityProxy(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:828)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.maybeCheckProxyType(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:1540)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.getDomainType(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:1374)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.createDomainMethod(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:1192)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.checkClientMethodInDomain(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:1079)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.validateRequestContext(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:909)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.validateRequestFactory(RequestFactoryInterfaceValidator.java:964)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ResolverServiceLayer.resolveRequestFactory(ResolverServiceLayer.java:187)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerDecorator.resolveRequestFactory(ServiceLayerDecorator.java:172)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerDecorator.resolveRequestFactory(ServiceLayerDecorator.java:172)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerDecorator.resolveRequestFactory(ServiceLayerDecorator.java:172)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerDecorator.resolveRequestFactory(ServiceLayerDecorator.java:172)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
at com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.server.ServiceLayerCache.getOrCache(ServiceLayerCache.java:233)
... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.gwt.dev.util.StringKey
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1672)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1517)
... 57 more
There's a fix for this on its way over from RC to trunk. In the mean time, remove gwt-servlet from your dependencies and use requestfactory-servlet.jar instead.
I've always understood gwt-dev.jar to be the compiler and other development tools. If you believe that, there should be no dependency on it from your own code, and there is no reason for it to be in the WEB-INF/lib folder of your war file.
I see from this question that at least one other contributer to SO feels the same way, but the belief doesn't appear to be universal.
I'll update this answer if I can find anything one way or the other in the GWT docs.
Update:
The closest thing I could find was Organize Projects which shows gwt-dev as a referenced library not present in WEB-INF/lib. I can't find anything official that says either that you can or can't deploy it to your web server. In an old book GWT In Action (Hanson, 2007), page 551 says
You should never deploy the gwt-user.jar and gwt-dev.jar files to your server,
because they will interfere with your server; these JAR files contain their own
Tomcat server code, which is used when you're testing in hosted mode.
This is clearly out of date, since hosted mode isn't called that anymore and uses an embedded Jetty server rather than Tomcat, but that's the basis for my belief.
Ok I made it working :)
I used the gwt version compiled from here:
http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/source/browse/#svn%2Freleases%2F2.4
I did put gwt-servlet.jar and requestfactory-servlet.jar as dependencies in my project. The problem in the other thread occured because I used my own group-id for the compiled jars, so these were not used by gin and the gwt-maven-plugin. No everything works fine :)
Thanks for the help though!!