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problem while executing the JAR written using ANT

 
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I have written a simple hello world app using Spring and an ANT script to generate JAR file for the hello world app. The JAR is getting generated and the classes are getting compiled properly. I then copied the JAR into my tomcat webapps folder, started tomcat and loaded the index.jsp page. When i tried to navigate from the index.jsp page my Servlet inside the JAR is not getting recogonized. it throws the below given exception.



can someone please tell me why my Servlet class is not getting recogonized?

my directory structure is




my build.xml is



i tried creating JAR using eclipse. This also gives errors.




can someone help, please?

this is the structure of the jar that is being generated.



 
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Welcome to the Ranch!

If you read the error message, it says "Wrapper cannot find servlet class my.hello.servlet.WelcomeServlet or a class it depends on". Are all dependencies available as well?
 
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The index.jsp page has a button. When i click on the button, the control is transferred to the WelcomeServlet. I have attached the code of WelcomeServlet below for your reference.

 
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hi everyone, i still haven't been able to figure out a solution.. can someone please help??
 
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Getting errors during build time is no good. But you can easily check what's in the jar file being generated: run "jar -tf helloworld.jar" on the command line. If the servlet is not in there, or not with the correct class name, you know where to start looking.

A quick glance at the build file shows that the value of the "main-class" property is apparently incorrect.
 
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what exactly should i give as a value for main-class??
 
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I haven't analyzed how it's used - presumably you would know that. I just noticed that its value is "/my/hello/WelcomeServlet.class" whereas later on you mention a class named "my.hello.servlet.WelcomeServlet" - are those supposed to refer to the same class?
 
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yes.. the same class.. i was just trying out different combinations of giving values to "main-class", because am new to ant scripting..
 
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So the problem is solved now? If not, inspect the jar file as I said earlier.
 
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its not solved yet. will check the jars as you said and let you know.
 
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this is the structure of the jar.

and i still get the same error



 
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could it be because it doesn't recognize the Welcome.jsp to which am redirecting inside my WelcomeServlet code?
 
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What are you trying to accomplish by "running the jar"? The class WelcomeServlet does not have a "main" method, so it couldn't possibly work.

You didn't say what your "main-class" looks like now, but it must not include the ".class" extension - as its name implies, the property takes a class name, not a file name.

You should read up on jar files: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/index.html

could it be because it doesn't recognize the Welcome.jsp to which am redirecting inside my WelcomeServlet code?


The problem can't be related to what that class does, because the class isn't even found, much less is any code in it being executed.
 
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you are right. i should not be running the jar. And because my WelcomeServlet does not have a main method, is it necessary to include "main-class"?? and ok, will read up about jars first.

thanks a lot
 
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And because my WelcomeServlet does not have a main method, is it necessary to include "main-class"?


No. Asking this question indicates that you do not understand what "main-class" does, nor how jar files are used in web apps, and how they differ from jar files used for desktop apps.
 
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yes i do not understand what exactly "main-class" does. and also the diff between how jar files are used in web apps and desktop apps. would be glad if you can explain..
 
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