java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener

Error:

  
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1676)
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1521)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:415)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:397)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:118)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4638)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5204)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5199)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Solution : Make sure, following jar file included in your class path and lib folder.
Jar : spring-web-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar

if you are using maven, make sure you have included dependency for spring-web-3xxxxx.jar file

  
 
  org.springframework
  spring-web
  ${org.springframework.version}