cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element ‘init-param’
The order of elements in web.xml matters and in all examples I’ve come across, the <load-on-startup> comes after <init-param>. <servlet> <servlet-name>spring1</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet>