I got the same problem with the tag . The problem is your spring version as @Drolyk sad are available in version 3.0.4 or later, so i will give you my dependencies and I am sure that if you use them u will solve this problem:
<!-- BEGINING OF FULL SPRING 3 DEPENDENCES --> <!-- Shared version number properties --> <properties> <org.springframework.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version> </properties> <!--Core utilities used by other modules. Define this if you use Spring Utility APIs (org.springframework.core.*/org.springframework.util.*)--> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Expression Language (depends on spring-core) Define this if you use Spring Expression APIs (org.springframework.expression.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Bean Factory and JavaBeans utilities (depends on spring-core) Define this if you use Spring Bean APIs (org.springframework.beans.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) Framework (depends on spring-core, spring-beans) Define this if you use Spring AOP APIs (org.springframework.aop.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Application Context (depends on spring-core, spring-expression, spring-aop, spring-beans) This is the central artifact for Spring's Dependency Injection Container and is generally always Defined--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Various Application Context utilities, including EhCache, JavaMail, Quartz, and Freemarker integration Define this if you need any of these integrations--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Transaction Management Abstraction (depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-aop, spring-context) Define this if you use Spring Transactions or DAO Exception Hierarchy(org.springframework.transaction.*/org.springframework.dao.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--JDBC Data Access Library (depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context, spring-tx) Define this if you use Spring's JdbcTemplate API (org.springframework.jdbc.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Object-to-Relation-Mapping (ORM) integration with Hibernate, JPA, and iBatis.(depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context, spring-tx) Define this if you need ORM (org.springframework.orm.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Object-to-XML Mapping (OXM) abstraction and integration with JAXB, JiBX, Castor, XStream, and XML Beans.(depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context) Define this if you need OXM (org.springframework.oxm.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Web application development utilities applicable to both Servlet and Portlet Environments(depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context) Define this if you use Spring MVC, or wish to use Struts, JSF, or another web framework with Spring (org.springframework.web.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Spring MVC for Servlet Environments (depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context, spring-web) Define this if you use Spring MVC with a Servlet Container such as Apache Tomcat (org.springframework.web.servlet.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Spring MVC for Portlet Environments (depends on spring-core, spring-beans, spring-context, spring-web) Define this if you use Spring MVC with a Portlet Container (org.springframework.web.portlet.*)--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-webmvc-portlet</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Support for testing Spring applications with tools such as JUnit and TestNGThis artifact is generally always Defined with a 'test' scope for the integration testing framework and unit testing stubs--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework.version}</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <!-- Begining of Java Standard Tag Libraries --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>jstl</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>taglibs</groupId> <artifactId>standard</artifactId> <scope>runtime</scope> <version>1.1.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>taglibs</groupId> <artifactId>c</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> <scope>runtime</scope> <type>tld</type> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>taglibs</groupId> <artifactId>fmt</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> <scope>runtime</scope> <type>tld</type> </dependency> <!-- End of Java Standard Tag Libraries --> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>3.8.1</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <!-- END OF FULL SPRING 3 DEPENDENCES -->
