javax.servlet.http.HTTPServlet Import cannot be resolved while the rest of the package imports fine

Question

I am working on a tutorial to learn how to build a basic web app on eclipse, run locally on tomcat. However I can't seem to access the HTTPServlet class, while it appears that I can still import other javax.servlet.http files.

package org.eclipse.wtp.tutorial;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HTTPServlet; //This import has an error, "Cannot be resolved"
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

public class SnoopServlet extends HTTPServlet {}

I have gone through these stack overflow answers with no changes to my situation:
Importing servlet API
Adding Runtime

And I wanted to try the second answer of adding a dependency to the project, but there is no pom, and this way of adding a dependency isn't working for me (I don't have the options necessary to do #3)

What is going wrong here?

And what is the name of the class (hint - upper/lower case counts)? — stdunbar, Jun 07 '16 at 15:55
Correct the name of the class `HTTPServlet` should be `HttpServlet` — 11thdimension, Jun 07 '16 at 16:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '16 at 15:56

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In Java, class names are case sensitives. The correct name is HttpServlet (lowercase).

answered Jun 07 '16 at 15:56

Manu

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '16 at 06:43

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import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; //this is correct
import javax.servlet.http.HTTPServlet; //incorrect

answered Dec 23 '16 at 06:43

Birhan Nega

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javax.servlet.http.HTTPServlet Import cannot be resolved while the rest of the package imports fine

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