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Hi,
I am trying to run my first servlet using Apache Tomcat 4.1.24.
I've bought a book on J2EE solutions and followed the instructions exactly but I can't get my servlet to run.
This is my servlet code, which I have compiled in C:\Java\tomcat\webapps\myApp\WEB-INF\classes:
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class TestingServlet extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {

PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("<HTML>");
out.println("<HEAD>");
out.println("<TITLE>Servlet Testing</TITLE>");
out.println("</HEAD>");
out.println("<BODY>");
out.println("Welcome to the Servlet Testing Center");
out.println("</BODY>");
out.println("</HTML>");
}
}

My web.xml file which I have put in C:\Java\tomcat\webapps\myApp\WEB-INF is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!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>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Testing</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>TestingServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
</web-app>
I have also edited the server.xml file (in C:\Java\tomcat\conf) and added the following:
<Context path="/myapp" docBase="webapps/myapp" debug="0" reloadable="true">
</Context>
Now according to the book I'm following (Java for the Web with Servlets, JSP, and EJB: A Developer's Guide to J2EE Solutions - Bundi Kurniawan, New Riders Publishing 2002) I should be able to view the servlet at the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/myapp/servlet/Testing
However I get a 404 error : The requested resource (/myapp/servlet/Testing) is not available.
I have tried moving my servlet to C:\Java\tomcat\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\classes and viewing it at http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/TestingServlet and it works fine.
I don't really want to do all my development in the examples directory, so I'd like to find a solution as to why it doesn't work in the myapp directory.
Can anybody see the problem? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
 
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Hi,
Try cut off the comments regarding
**The mapping for the invoker servlet** in file $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/web.xml
(it has the default parameters for all servlets if you don't have your web.xml for each Context.
Leonildo
 
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I have also edited the server.xml file (in C:\Java\tomcat\conf) and added the following:
<Context path="/myapp" docBase="webapps/myapp" debug="0" reloadable="true">
</Context>


I think the docBase ought to be just myapp and not webapps/myapp.


My web.xml file which I have put in C:\Java\tomcat\webapps\myApp\WEB-INF is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!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>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Testing</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>TestingServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
</web-app>


Add this after you close the servlet tag and before you close the web-app tag.

Make sure you shutdown (if already running) and restart the tomcat server after making the changes.
Saket
 
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Thanks for your help guys. I changed my web.xml file in myApp to look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!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>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>TestingServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>TestingServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>TestingServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/Testing</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

This solved the problem!
Thanks again.
 
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