JSF Maven Tomcat App suddenly stopped working from eclipse - eclipse

Question

This is driving me crazy. Any suggestions are appreciated.
My application has been compiling and running on Tomcat 7 for ages. I run it both directly from eclipse, and as a war file transferred to the Tomcat directory. The following error now occurs, whether I run the app from eclipse, or by copying over the war file.
The app has suddenly stopped running. The error message states that it can't find the Weld Listener class. But the class is there, where it is expected, in .m2, and in the Tomcat webapp lib directory.
Here is the error:
Oct 15, 2012 12:28:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.jboss.weld.environment.servlet.Listener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jboss.weld.environment.servlet.Listener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1711)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1556)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:532)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:514)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:133)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4727)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:618)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:963)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1600)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
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)
Here is my .pom file:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.memarden</groupId>
<artifactId>ilearn</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>ilearn Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<!-- Shared version number properties -->
<properties>
<org.springframework.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
<version>2.8.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.21</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.weld</groupId>
<artifactId>weld-core</artifactId>
<version>1.1.9.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
<artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
<artifactId>mybatis-spring</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.myfaces.tomahawk</groupId>
<artifactId>tomahawk20</artifactId>
<version>1.1.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.core</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-core-api</artifactId>
<version>4.2.2.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.core</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-core-impl</artifactId>
<version>4.2.2.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.ui</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-components-api</artifactId>
<version>4.2.2.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.ui</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-components-ui</artifactId>
<version>4.2.2.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.faces</artifactId>
<version>2.1.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
<version>6.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
<type>pom</type>
<version>2.5.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Core SPRING utilities used by other modules. Define this if you use
Spring Utility APIs (org.springframework.core.*/org.springframework.util.*) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Expression Language (depends on spring-core) Define this if you use
Spring Expression APIs (org.springframework.expression.*) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Bean Factory and JavaBeans utilities (depends on spring-core) Define
this if you use Spring Bean APIs (org.springframework.beans.*) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) Framework (depends on spring-core,
spring-beans) Define this if you use Spring AOP APIs (org.springframework.aop.*) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Application Context (depends on spring-core, spring-expression, spring-aop,
spring-beans) This is the central artifact for Spring's Dependency Injection
Container and is generally always defined -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Various Application Context utilities, including EhCache, JavaMail,
Quartz, and Freemarker integration Define this if you need any of these integrations -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Transaction Management Abstraction (depends on spring-core, spring-beans,
spring-aop, spring-context) Define this if you use Spring Transactions or
DAO Exception Hierarchy (org.springframework.transaction.*/org.springframework.dao.*) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- JDBC Data Access Library (depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context,
spring-tx) Define this if you use Spring's JdbcTemplate API (org.springframework.jdbc.*) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Object-to-Relation-Mapping (ORM) integration with Hibernate, JPA,
and iBatis. (depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context, spring-tx)
Define this if you need ORM (org.springframework.orm.*) -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Support for testing Spring applications with tools such as JUnit and
TestNG This artifact is generally always defined with a 'test' scope for
the integration testing framework and unit testing stubs -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>cglib</groupId>
<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>bees-plugins-snapshots</id>
<url>http://repository-cloudbees.forge.cloudbees.com/public-snapshot/</url>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
<artifactId>bees-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<configuration>
<warFile>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.war</warFile>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<finalName>ilearn</finalName>
</build>
</project>
And here is my web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
<display-name>iLearn</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>home.jsf</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<context-param>
<description>State saving method: 'client' or 'server' (=default). See JSF Specification 2.5.2</description>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>server</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.localizationContext</param-name>
<param-value>resources.application</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.jboss.weld.environment.servlet.Listener</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/beans.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.INTERPRET_EMPTY_STRING_SUBMITTED_VALUES_AS_NULL</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
<param-value>ruby</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.richfaces.CONTROL_SKINNING</param-name>
<param-value>enable</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
<filter-name>Extensions Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
<description>
Set the size limit for uploaded files.
Format: 10 - 10 bytes
10k - 10 KB
10m - 10 MB
1g - 1 GB
</description>
<param-name>uploadMaxFileSize</param-name>
<param-value>100m</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<description>
Set the threshold size - files below this limit are stored
in memory, files above this limit are stored on disk.
Format: 10 - 10 bytes
10k - 10 KB
10m - 10 MB
1g - 1 GB
</description>
<param-name>uploadThresholdSize</param-name>
<param-value>100k</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<description>
Set the path where the intermediary files will be stored.
</description>
<param-name>uploadRepositoryPath</param-name>
<param-value>/iLearnData/temp/</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>Extensions Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
</web-app>

Answer 1

You may need to add below dependency:
For Servlet Containers (Tomcat/Jetty)
or Java EE 5 Application Servers: Ref
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.weld.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>weld-servlet</artifactId>
<version>1.1.10.Final</version>
</dependency>
this thread may be useful.