JSF project in Eclipse with Maven gives ClassNotFoundException for FacesServlet

I have created a Maven project in Eclipse. From the Project Aspects menu, I selected Dynamic Web Module, Java, and Java Server Faces. Added some dependencies from pom.xml like jsf-api and servlet-api. Then I wrote a simple Java bean and xhtml page that uses the bean.

When I create a war file with "maven clean install" and manually deploy it to Tomcat, it works as expected. But when I select Run on Server from Eclipse it gives the following error:

SEVERE: Servlet /testjsf1 threw load() exception
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet
        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:525)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:507)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:124)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1136)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1080)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:5015)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5302)
        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$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

      

It seems the jsf libraries are not bundled as expected when run from Eclipse. Do you have any idea about the reason for this behavior?

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In Project Properties -> Deploy Deployment, adding "Java Build Path Entry -> Maven Dependencies" solves the problem!



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