Help for a simple jSP program

Hi,

I am trying to a very simple JSP program and it is not working.
Here is the listing:

BasicCounter.jsp
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<html><body>
Basic Counter: Page Count is:
<%
out.println(foo.Counter.getCount());
%>
</body></html>
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Counter.java
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package foo;

public class Counter {

private static int count;
public static int getCount()
{
count++;
return count;
}
}

I have compiled Counter.java and placed it in webapps/MyApp/WEB-INF/classes/foo

When I try to bring up JSP page, I get the error saying that
"class Counter not found".

I even tried removing the package statement from Counter.java and compiled it and placed it in appropriate place. It still fails. Am I missing some path variables .. or something of that sort ?
By the way I am using Tomcat 4.1 for testing.

PLEEEEEEEEESE HELP !

I have wasted a lot of time on this.

Thanks in advance.

Jaya

hi nettem,

1.- place your BasicCounter.jsp in:
webapps/Myapp
2.- start tomcat
3.- call in your browser:
http://localhost:8080/Myapp/BasicCounter.jsp
(8080 is the default port of tomcat;-)
the file and directory structure os your web app must be somethink like that:
webapps/Myapp

enjoy tomcat (why are you using tomcat version 4.1??)

I think you have to import class using
<%@ page import="foo.Counter" %>

thanx
sanjay

Thanks for your replies.

I tried both approaches (importing/and specifying complete path ... of course separately ...) and the rest needed (I am following HF Series for Servlets and JSPs) .. I still get the same error ... I even tried not specifying the package at all ... so that I do not have to import and the class could go straight into WEB-INF/classes directory ... still Counter class is not recognised) ... I tested the JSP without using the Counter class .. it works fine (so I know that web.xml is correct) ...

tried both approaches (importing/and specifying complete path ... of course separately ...)

Using both together should not give you any problems either.

(so I know that web.xml is correct) ...

I don't think you need anything in web.xml for this to run.

I would suggest looking at your Tomcat log files located at tomcat-home\logs. Could there be a relation between what it is reading from the DD and the locating of the counter class. By the way I copied your scenario and it works perfectly for me, so it could be something else.