error 500

// a simple servlet programminmg

if i try to run this program i get error 500
the error details are..

javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot allocate servlet instance for path /servlet/forwardat org.apache.catalina.servlets.InvokerServlet.serveRequest(InvokerServlet.java:386)
at org.apache.catalina.servlets.InvokerServlet.doGet(InvokerServlet.java:131)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:696)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:809)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:198)
.......................
.......................
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

root cause

java.lang.IllegalAccessException: Class org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper can not access a member of class forward with modifiers ""
at sun.reflect.Reflection.ensureMemberAccess(Reflection.java:57)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:302)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:261)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:847)
......................
.......................
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

if someone could help me out

regards

ashok

[BSouther: Added UBB CODE tags]
[ January 02, 2007: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]

Make it:

hi a lot that code runs after changing ...but that public .. usually java code run without that also not in servlets

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