SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml

[Peter Matthews]

SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Attribute name "mapping" associated with an element type "servlet" must be followed by the ' = ' character.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationWebConfig(ContextConfig.java:339)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:1031)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:255)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4076)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:910)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:873)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:474)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1020)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:680)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:536)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:275)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)

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Not sure what to do to cure this error - its in the catalina log file. I think this is the reason I am getting a Request error 404! Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks. Pete. Btw - I am following the Beer-v1 example in Head First - Servlets and JSP

[Bear Bibeault]

I'd say that the message

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Attribute name "mapping" associated with an element type "servlet" must be followed by the ' = ' character.

is fairly clear. Inspect the servlet elements in your web.xml for syntax errors.
[ November 07, 2005: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]