HFSJ doubt page 31

[Nishant Dhar]

hi ... maybe I am missing something conceptually .. all help appreciated

on page 31 (HFSJ), the 8th point says
http://localhost:8080/ch1/serv1

isnt the above line trying to access a servlet directly, since /serv1 maps to Ch1Servlet.class
my point is that Ch1Servlet.class is within WEB-INF. i read somewhere that anything within WEB-INF cannot be served/accessed directly by the client.
isnt this a contradiction

nishant

[Rizwan Mohammad]

Hi,
This URL http://localhost:8080/ch1/serv1 need not be pointing to servlet directly. In web.xml you can have mapping for /serv1 to actual servlet.

you will learn more on servlet mapping and url-patterns in chapters to follow.

[Nishant Dhar]

i see ..so I guess that means that if the /serv1 maps to a servlet in WEB-INF then it is ok to type such a URL

[Rizwan Mohammad]

Yes you are correct. Even if it doesnt match, you will get a 404 error page.