Http status 500

[shashank pratap]

Please Help,

I am using eclipse and tomcat 5.5.

my directory structure is

web5->
           ->java resources:src
           ->javascript resources
           ->build
           ->webcontent
                   ->META-INF
                   ->WEB-INF
                       -Hello.jsp
                       -index.html

i have kept my servlet in directory classes.com.example.TestServlet.java
and my attribute class is in directory in classes.com.attrib.Person.java

In the index.html file there is only one simple form which takes name
of the user and there is submit button.

LOGIN PAGE:
<form method="get" action="TestServlet">
Enter Name:<input type="text" name="name"></input>
<input type="submit" ></input>
</form>

In TestServlet i get the parameter and set the attribute in person object

my code is this..

i have imported import classes.com.attrib.*;

 String name=request.getParameter("name");
		Person person=new Person();
		person.setName(name);
		request.setAttribute("name", person);
		RequestDispatcher view=request.getRequestDispatcher("Hello.jsp");

in Hello.jsp i have used scripting..

here also i have imported import classes.com.attrib.*;
and my code is this...

 <%@ page import=classes.com.attrib.* %>
                         Hello <%
                         Person p=(Person)request.getAttribute("name");
                         out.print(p.getName().toString());
                          %>

i am not able to figure out what is going wrong, after i hit submit button it shows me 500 error.
Please help me as i am new to servlet and jsp..

I am just doing this to see the communication between servlet , jsp and html.

please any one..

shashank pratap.

[David Newton]

Please UseCodeTags when posting code or configuration. Unformatted code and configuration is unnecessarily difficult to read. You can edit your post by using the button.

Also note that the directory structure is impossible to understand without formatting. Also, please TellTheDetails: without knowing under what circumstances the error happens, it's much more difficult to help. Also, if there is a stack trace, please include it.

[shashank pratap]

I have edited my question as per rules.

Please Help me.

[David Newton]

I don't see your web.xml file, so we have no way of known if the servlet is configured correctly. Is there a stack trace? Where are the servlet classes being deployed to? There's no indication of where your class files located in your directory hierarchy.

[Michael Angstadt]

In the page directive, you have to put quotes around the value of the import attribute.

<%@ page import="classes.com.attrib.*" %>  

[shashank pratap]

@ Michael Angstadt,

It just worked , i did a silly mistake . although i reviewed my code many time but i could not figure out.

Thanks a lot..


shashank pratap