ServletException and Wrapper cannot find servlet class

[lakhsy]

Hi,

I have written quite few web applications but now I am facing a problem in the startup of a new application. I am listing here the snippets of related code and errors from the server log.

I have a JSP page (home.jsp) which is acting as the homepage of the web application. I can access the home page with the url
http://localhost:9080/online/home. When I try to access the servlet with a hyperlink in the homepage it throws javax.servlet.ServletException: Wrapper cannot find servlet cl.

I am pasting here snippets of code from all the files related.

Here is the calling code from home.jsp ( I have even tried with full absolute paths )
<a href="http://localhost:9080/online/mainservlet">Shopping</a>

web.xml file

<display-name>online</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>MainControllerServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>java.servlets.MainControllerServlet.class</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>home</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/home.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>catalog</servlet-name>
<jsp-file>/catalog.jsp</jsp-file>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>MainControllerServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/mainservlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>home</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/home</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>catalog</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/catalog</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Here are the exceptions from the server log.

[#|2006-03-29T20:26:39.176+0300|INFO|sun-appserver-pe8.0.0_01|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=12;|WebModule[/online]Marking servlet MainControllerServlet as unavailable|#]

[#|2006-03-29T20:26:39.186+0300|SEVERE|sun-appserver-pe8.0.0_01|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=12;|WebModule[/online]Error loading WebappClassLoader
delegate: true
repositories:
/WEB-INF/classes/
----------> Parent Classloader:
EJBClassLoader :
urlSet = []
doneCalled = false
Parent -> java.net.URLClassLoader@19bfb30

java.servlets.MainControllerServlet
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.servlets.MainControllerServlet
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1437)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper$1.run(StandardWrapper.java:920)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:916)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:670)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:168)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:144)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:133)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:539)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at com.sun.enterprise.webservice.EjbWebServiceValve.invoke(EjbWebServiceValve.java:134)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.web.SingleSignOn.invoke(SingleSignOn.java:254)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.VirtualServerValve.invoke(VirtualServerValve.java:209)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:114)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.VirtualServerMappingValve.invoke(VirtualServerMappingValve.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:936)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:165)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:683)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:604)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:542)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:647)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
|#]

[#|2006-03-29T20:26:39.196+0300|SEVERE|sun-appserver-pe8.0.0_01|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=12;|StandardWrapperValve[MainControllerServlet]: Allocate exception for servlet MainControllerServlet
javax.servlet.ServletException: Wrapper cannot find servlet class java.servlets.MainControllerServlet or a class it depends on
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:947)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:670)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:168)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:144)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:133)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:539)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at com.sun.enterprise.webservice.EjbWebServiceValve.invoke(EjbWebServiceValve.java:134)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.web.SingleSignOn.invoke(SingleSignOn.java:254)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.VirtualServerValve.invoke(VirtualServerValve.java:209)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:114)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:109)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.VirtualServerMappingValve.invoke(VirtualServerMappingValve.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:522)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:936)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:165)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:683)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:604)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:542)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:647)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
----- Root Cause -----
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.servlets.MainControllerServlet
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1437)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper$1.run(StandardWrapper.java:920)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:916)

Can anyone tell me whats wrong in here. Thanks.

[Bear Bibeault]

It's pretty clear that java.servlets.MainControllerServlet is not in the classpath.

Btw, naming your own package with the java. prefix isn't a good idea.

[lakhsy]

Hi Bear,

Thanks. I have changed the package structure and it works fine.

br,