HTTP Status 500

[Anand Samuel]

HTTP Status 500 -

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type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: Error instantiating servlet class com.anand.servlet
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)


root cause

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.anand.servlet
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1678)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1523)
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)


note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.20 logs.


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Apache Tomcat/7.0.20

Guys I have been stuck with this error for days, would appreciate help from the JAVA PUNTERS

[Bear Bibeault]

"punters"?

That means that com.anand.servlet is not in the web app's class path. Where did you put the class file for that class?

By the way, servlet is a really bad name for a class.

[Anand Samuel]

I meant experts referring to Punters.

In ECLIPSE, the package is com.anand.servlet located under Java Resources --> src --> com.anand.servlet --> SearchServlet.java and the JSP file is in WEBCONTENT --> WEB-INF --> Search.jsp

[amit punekar]

Hello,
It seems in web.xml while configuring servlet you might have given "com.anand.servlet" instead of "com.anand.servlet.SearchServlet".

Regards,
Amit

[Anand Samuel]

Hey Amit,

Thanks it's fixed. You guys rock and so does the site. Love this.