My configs for basic LessServlet usage

less-style.css

/* the following is the result of viewing /css/style.css (which runs through LessServlet) */
body{background:#9de;color:black;}

pom.xml

<project>
	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.asual.lesscss</groupId>
			<artifactId>lesscss-servlet</artifactId>
			<version>1.0.41</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	<repositories>
		<repository>
			<id>com.asual.maven.public</id>
			<name>Asual Public Repository</name>
			<url>http://www.asual.com/maven/content/groups/public</url>
		</repository>
	</repositories>
</project>

style.css

@blue: #99ddee;
@black: black;

body {
	background: @blue;
	color: @black;
}

web.xml

<web-app>
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>less</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>com.asual.lesscss.LessServlet</servlet-class>
		<init-param>
			<param-name>compress</param-name>
			<param-value>true</param-value>
		</init-param>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>less</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>