Servlet class is not recognized as a servlet

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Issue

  • Getting error when deploying war file Servlet class does not implement javax.servlet.Servlet
  • War file is deploying in EAP6 but giving error in EAP7
boss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./helloworld.UndertowDeploymentInfoService: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./helloworld.UndertowDeploymentInfoService: Failed to start service
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1904)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: UT010009: Servlet com.abc.HelloWorld of type class com.abc.HelloWorld does not implement javax.servlet.Servlet

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 7.0

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