HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL

[arturo cruz]

I am trying to run a servlet using tomcat 6 but cannot get past the HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL message. I have pasted below the servlet code, the web.xml and the directory structure.

Any help is appreciated.


******* the URL : http://localhost:8080/listenerTest/ListenTest.do

********** the directory structure ****************

webapps
listenerTest
WEB-INF
classes
com
example
** the servlet goes here****
***********the servlet ******************

package com.example;

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class listenerTester extends HttpServlet {
	
		

	public void  goGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res )
															throws IOException, ServletException
	{

		res.setContentType("text/html");
		
		PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();
		
		out.println("test context attributes set by the listener<br>");
		
		Dog dog = (Dog) getServletContext().getAttribute("dog");
		
			
		out.println("the dogs breed is : " + dog.getBreed());
		
  }


}

************** Web.xml ************************

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
version="2.4">

<description>
JSP 2.0 Examples.
</description>
<display-name>JSP 2.0 Examples</display-name>

<servlet>

<servlet-name>listenerTester</servlet-name>

<servlet-class>com.example.listenerTester</servlet-class>

</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>

<servlet-name>listenerTester</servlet-name>

<url-pattern>/ListenTest.do</url-pattern>


</servlet-mapping>

<context-param>

<param-name>breed</param-name>
<param-value>Great Dane</param-value>

</context-param>


<listener>
<listener-class>
com.example.myServletContextListener
</listener-class>

</listener>


</web-app>

[Bear Bibeault]

Check your spelling.

[sagar kumar nerella]

hi

from examining your code posted at the very first glance it is clear that the method should be named doGet() not goGet() .

try this change if it doesn't works then try with the using the post method.

[arturo cruz]

That was the problem. doGet was mispelled as goGet. Amazing how I looked at the mehod name and didn't catch it.

Thank you Sagar and Bear.

[Tim Moores]

An excellent example of why you need to get into the habit of using the @Override annotation.