title: Java Jersey cannot find resoruce
body: <p>I have created a jersey web service and deployed it on a tomcat application server. I have the war file deployed in tomcat, but still when I try to access the application a got an error that the requested data could not be found(The standard tomcat 404 error). This is my web.xml file.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
      id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
      Jersey
      
          index.html
      </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;servlet&gt;
      &lt;servlet-name&gt;Jersey REST Service&lt;/servlet-name&gt;
      &lt;servlet-class&gt;com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer&lt;/servlet-class&gt;
      &lt;init-param&gt;
          &lt;param-name&gt;com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages&lt;/param-name&gt;
          &lt;param-value&gt;sample.jsonStrip.resources&lt;/param-value&gt;
      &lt;/init-param&gt;
      &lt;load-on-startup&gt;1&lt;/load-on-startup&gt;
  &lt;/servlet&gt;
  
  &lt;servlet-mapping&gt;
      &lt;servlet-name&gt;RestServlet&lt;/servlet-name&gt;
      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/rest/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;
  &lt;/servlet-mapping&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p></p>
  
  <p>This is my pom.xml</p>
  
  <p>http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
      4.0.0
      org.rares.urs
      Jersey
      0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
      Ingredients</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;repositories&gt;
      &lt;repository&gt;
          &lt;id&gt;maven2-repository.java.net&lt;/id&gt;
          &lt;name&gt;Java.net Repository for Maven&lt;/name&gt;
          &lt;url&gt;http://download.java.net/maven/2/&lt;/url&gt;
          &lt;layout&gt;default&lt;/layout&gt;
      &lt;/repository&gt;
  &lt;/repositories&gt;
  &lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;/packaging&gt;
  
  &lt;build&gt;
      &lt;finalName&gt;JsonStrip&lt;/finalName&gt;
  
      &lt;plugins&gt;
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;3.1&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;source&gt;1.7&lt;/source&gt;
                  &lt;target&gt;1.7&lt;/target&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
  
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-war-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.4&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;warSourceDirectory&gt;WebContent&lt;/warSourceDirectory&gt;
                  &lt;failOnMissingWebXml&gt;false&lt;/failOnMissingWebXml&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
  
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.codehaus.mojo&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;tomcat-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;url&gt;http://127.0.0.1:8888/manager&lt;/url&gt;
                  &lt;server&gt;mytomcat&lt;/server&gt;
                  &lt;path&gt;/Jersey&lt;/path&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
  
  
          &lt;plugin&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.tomcat.maven&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;tomcat8-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.2&lt;/version&gt;
              &lt;configuration&gt;
                  &lt;url&gt;http://127.0.0.1:8888/manager&lt;/url&gt;
                  &lt;server&gt;TomcatServer&lt;/server&gt;
                  &lt;path&gt;/Switch&lt;/path&gt;
              &lt;/configuration&gt;
          &lt;/plugin&gt;
  
      &lt;/plugins&gt;
  &lt;/build&gt;
  
  &lt;dependencies&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-jar-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.0.0&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-dependency-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.9&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.servlet&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;servlet-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.5&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jackson-jaxrs-json-provider&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.7.0&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.ws.rs&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;javax.ws.rs-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.0.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;provided&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-war-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.6&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.codehaus.jackson&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jackson-mapper-asl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.9.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.codehaus.jackson&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jackson-core-asl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.9.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;com.sun.jersey&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jersey-client&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.8&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.glassfish.jersey.core&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jersey-common&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.22.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;asm&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;asm&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.3.1&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;com.sun.jersey&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jersey-bundle&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.19&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.json&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;json&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;20140107&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;com.sun.jersey&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jersey-server&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.19&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p></p>
  
  <p>Both of the xml files are in located in Jersey root folder. I have seen some cases when wab.xml is situated in WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml? Where should I place it?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>