404 returned while doing get on rest api with jaxrs+apache+eclipse, static index.html works just fine

I created a jersey REST application (helloworld) with java+eclipse+tomcat 8.5+maven. The static index.html works fine when I run the project on server. But rest endpoint giving 404.

REST api Hello world class:-

@Path("/hello") public class MyJerseyPage{ @GET @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_HTML) public String sayHtmlHello() { return "Hello from Jersey"; } } 

Rest config class:-

@ApplicationPath("/api") public class RESTConfig extends Application { } 

POM.XML:-

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.nagendrahegde</groupId> <artifactId>therestproject</artifactId> <packaging>war</packaging> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>therestproject Maven Webapp</name> <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>3.8.1</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId> <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId> <version>2.26</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId> <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId> <version>2.26</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId> <artifactId>jersey-common</artifactId> <version>2.26</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId> <artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId> <version>2.26</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId> <artifactId>jersey-container-servlet-core</artifactId> <version>2.26</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>6.0.53</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.oltu.oauth2</groupId> <artifactId>org.apache.oltu.oauth2.client</artifactId> <version>1.0.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId> <artifactId>gson</artifactId> <version>2.3.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.auth0</groupId> <artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId> <version>3.2.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.googlecode.jsontoken</groupId> <artifactId>jsontoken</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.bundles.repackaged</groupId> <artifactId>jersey-guava</artifactId> <version>2.6</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <finalName>therestproject</finalName> </build> </project> 

Web.xml:-

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" > <web-app> <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name> </web-app> 

Output:-

get on: http://localhost:8080/therestproject/api/hello -> 404 - The origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists.

The SAME SETUP used to work before, when pom.xml was having below versions of dependencies:-

<dependency> <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId> <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId> <version>1.19</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>6.0.44</version> </dependency> 

IT USED TO WORK! IT STARTED THROWING 404 WHEN I CHANGED POM.XML AND CHANGED THE JERSEY VERSION TO LATEST. I want to keep the latest jersey version since i have to do oauth2 on top of this. Please help.